Young Man Setting Out (Shônen kô), 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 少年行」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Artist Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849), Publisher Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #9.01
Dimensions
Vertical nagaban; 51.5 x 23.5 cm (20 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Accession Number
21.6664
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.19648, 21.6664
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Markings
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance
Spring 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.
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection