One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Saigyo Hōshi

Maker(s)
Artist: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
Historical period(s)
Edo period, mid-1830s
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W (sheet and image): 25.6 x 37.8 cm (10 1/16 x 14 7/8 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1907.573
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Drawing
Type

Drawing

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), hanshita-e, Japan, monk, poet
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Yuriko Iwakiri. "北斎「百人一首うばがえとき」." Picture of Hokusai "Hyakuichi Nijiri Uba Egataki". vol. 17 Koyoto, Japan, 2017/03/31. p. 86, fig. 23.
  • Ann Yonemura, Nagata Seiji, Kobayashi Tadashi, Asano Shugo, Timothy Clark, Naito Masatoshi. Hokusai: Volume Two. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 154, p. 104.
  • Ann Yonemura. Hokusai: Volume One. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 78, pp. 112-113.
  • Peter Morse, Clay MacCauley. Hokusai: One Hundred Poets., 1st ed. New York. p. 178.
  • Joshua Mostow. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin-isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu. pp. 195-96.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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