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
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ink and colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan
Dimensions
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Image: 24.3 x 36.4 cm (9 9/16 x 14 5/16 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Edition
Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; trimmed signature and trimmed into title cartouche; faded and rubbed Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
20.1227 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (Japanese, 1759-1869), publisher
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