Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

「百人一首宇波かゑとき　藤原繁行朝臣」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirô (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.9 x 36.6 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems

Accession Number1989.671

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #18; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.12

DescriptionNo. 18 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17670, 21.6729, 1989.671

Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

InscriptionsPoem: Sumi no e no/ kishi ni yoru nami/ yoru sae ya/ yume no kayoiji/ hitome yoguramu
住の江の　岸に寄なみ　よるさへや　夢の通ひち　人目よくらん

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