Poem by Sarumaru Dayû, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

「百人一首乳母かゑとき　猿丸太夫」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirō (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.7 x 37 cm (9 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems

Accession Number1989.674

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #5; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.05

DescriptionNo. 5 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17685, 11.30181, 21.6721, 1989.674

Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Oku yama ni/ momiji fumiwake/ naku shika no/ koe kiku toki zo/ aki wa kanashiki
奥山に　紅葉ふみわけ　鳴く鹿の　声きくときそ　秋はかなしき

Provenance1989, bequest of Katharine Lane Weems (1899-1989) to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1989)