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Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)


「百人一首乳母か絵とき 参議篁」
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; 25.8 x 36.4 cm (10 3/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Gordon Abbott, Mrs. George L. Batchelder, Jr., and Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop
Accession NumberRES.50.89
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Hokusai (2005), #439; Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #11; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.09
DescriptionNo. 11 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17628, 21.6725, 1989.673, RES.50.89
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Wada no hara/ yasoshima kakete/ kogiidenu to/ hito ni wa tsugeyo/ ama no tsuribune
和田の原八十島かけて漕出でぬと人には告よあまのつり舟
Provenance1950, gift of Gordon Abbott (Manchester), Mrs. George L. Batchelder, Jr. (Beverly), and Mrs. Francis B. Lothrop (Boston). (Accession date: December 14, 1950)