Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Drawing for: Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin (Minamoto no Tôru), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)


「百人一首乳母か絵説 河原の左大臣」 (版下絵)
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Medium/Technique Ink on paper, with red seal
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 x 37.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6727
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #14; the series: Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban list #25 (this design not listed)
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
Collector's seal: unidentified
改印:なし
版元:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Michinoku no/ shinobu mojisuri/ tare yue ni/ midare somenishi/ ware nara naku ni
ProvenanceJune 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.