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Sei Shônagon, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets


「詩歌写真鏡 清少納言」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 51.4 x 22.9 cm (20 1/4 x 9 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6668
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.04
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19644, 21.6668
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
改印:極
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.