Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro), Edo Period

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Title

Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 25.4 x 37.5 cm (10 x 14 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso, bottom center: EGR102; in a later hand verso, near right margin towards top end:20.1007[text and poems]Poem: Ama no hara (translates to) When I lift my head furisake mireba (translates toand gaze at the firmament, kasuga naru (translates to) the moon is the same kikasa no yama ni (translates to) that rose over Mikasa, ideshi tsuki kamo (translates to) the mountain in Kasuga.(trans. Keene, Seeds in the heart, p. 702)Mostow (see refs.) provides another translation: As I gaze out, far/across the plain of heaven,/ah, at Kasuga,/from behind Mount Mikasa,/it's the same moon that came out then!

Signature: Zen Hokusai manji | in red

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo;censor's seal | kiwame; collector's seal | Hayashi

Identification

Edition

Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; faded

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1228

Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro)
The hundred poems explained by the nurse
Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki

Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; faded

Inscription verso, bottom center: EGR102; in a later hand verso, near right margin towards top end:20.1007[text and poems]Poem: Ama no hara (translates to) When I lift my head furisake mireba (translates toand gaze at the firmament, kasuga naru (translates to) the moon is the same kikasa no yama ni (translates to) that rose over Mikasa, ideshi tsuki kamo (translates to) the mountain in Kasuga.(trans. Keene, Seeds in the heart, p. 702)Mostow (see refs.) provides another translation: As I gaze out, far/across the plain of heaven,/ah, at Kasuga,/from behind Mount Mikasa,/it's the same moon that came out then!

Signature: Zen Hokusai manji | in red

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo;censor's seal | kiwame; collector's seal | Hayashi

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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