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Kisen Hôshi, from an untitled series of Six Poetic Immortals (Rokkasen) formed by the characters for their names


文字絵六歌仙 「喜撰法師」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (Bunka 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1754
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #179; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #26; Ôta Mem. Mus., Warau ukiyo-e (2013), #159; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.71.2; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #17.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17543, 49.1754
Signed Katsushika Hokusai ga; Tonan sho
かつしか北斎画、図南書
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
版元:なし
InscriptionsPoem (Kokinshû 983, Hyakunin isshu 8): Waga io wa/ miyako no tatsumi/ shika zo sumu/ yo o ujiyama to/ hito wa iu nari