One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), Shun’e 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): 25.5 x 37.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/4 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1907.572
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Drawing
Type

Drawing

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), hanshita-e, Japan, monk, poems
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Published References
  • Mosaku Ishida, Juzo Suzuki, Umehara Ryūzaburō, Narasaki Muneshige. Nihon hanga bijutsu zenshu. 9 vols., Tokyo, 1960-1962. vol. 5: p. 107, fig. 71.
  • Ann Yonemura, Nagata Seiji, Kobayashi Tadashi, Asano Shugo, Timothy Clark, Naito Masatoshi. Hokusai: Volume Two. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 153, p. 103.
  • Ann Yonemura. Hokusai: Volume One. Exh. cat. Washington, 2006. cat. 77, pp. 110-11.
  • Peter Morse, Clay MacCauley. Hokusai: One Hundred Poets., 1st ed. New York. pp. 175-76.
  • Joshua Mostow. Pictures of the Heart: The Hyakunin-isshu in Word and Image. Honolulu. pp. 392-93.
Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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