Ariwara Narihira, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

「詩歌写真鏡　在原業平」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 46.8 x 22.4 cm (18 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter

Accession Number34.324

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #100; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.7

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19945, 21.6665, 34.324

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)