KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849), POEM BY ABE NO NAKAMARO | EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)

EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

POEM BY ABE NO NAKAMARO

woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), published by Iseya Sanjirô (Eijudô), circa 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Horizontal ôban:

24 x 35.7 cm., 9 ½ x 14 1⁄8 in.

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Similar examples are in various museum collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no.21.6723 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.JP2940.