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「百人一首絵抄 四 山辺赤人」
Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, No. 4, from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshô)
「百人一首絵抄 四 山辺赤人」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39 x 26.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.366
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga, Part II (2009), Edo #79-04; another print in the series: Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 4, Victoria and Albert Museum I (1989), pl. 196
DescriptionNo. 4 in the series.
Signed
Kunisada aratame Nidai Toyokuni ga
国貞改二代豊国画
国貞改二代豊国画
Marks
Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：普
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: toshidama
改印：普
彫師：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Tago no ura ni/ uchiidete mireba/ shirotae no/ Fuji no takane ni/ yuki wa furitsutsu
「山辺赤人 田子の浦に うち出でてみれば 白妙の ふじのたかねに 雪はふりつつ」
「山辺赤人 田子の浦に うち出でてみれば 白妙の ふじのたかねに 雪はふりつつ」
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)