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Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, 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 柿の本人麿」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (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; 25.8 x 37.5 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17603
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #104; Morse, Hokusai: The One Hundred Poets (1989), #3; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 228, horizontal ôban #24.03
DescriptionNo. 3 in the series.

MFA impressions: 11.17603, 11.30178, 21.6717, 21.6718
Signed Saki no Hokusai Manji
前北斎卍
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
InscriptionsPoem: Ashibiki no/ yamadori no o no/ shidari o no/ naganagashi yo o/ hitori ka mo nemu
あしひきの 山鳥のをの しだりをの ながながしよを ひとりかも寝ん
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.