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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi)

Maker

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Japanese, 1759-1869), publisher

Title

Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi)
The hundred poems explained by the nurse
Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1835-1836

Medium

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Materials

ink and color

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Image: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription in red ink verso, bottom left: [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand verso, bottom center: EGR101[text and poems] Poem: Kasasagi no (translates to)When I see the bridge of magpies wataseru hashi ni (translates to)layered with frost oku shimo no/shiroki o mireba/yo zo fuke ni keru (translates to) I know that night has grown lateFor another translation see Morse, Hokusai: One Hundred Poets, no. 6; Mostow (see refs.) translates the poem: When I see the whiteness/of the frost that lies/on the bridge the magpies spread,/then I know, indeed,/that the night has deepened.

Signature: Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu | trimmed

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

Identification

Edition

Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; trimmed signature and trimmed into title cartouche; faded and rubbed

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1227

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

The Art of Hokusai
Mar 15, 1996 – Jun 09, 1996

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (Japanese, 1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Japanese, 1759-1869), publisher
Chunagon Yakamochi [Otomo no Yakamochi (718-785)] (Chunagon Yakamochi); The hundred poems explained by the nurse; Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki, ca. 1835-1836
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1227

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