Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎

Ono no Komachi 小野小町, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Ono no Komachi 小野小町

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 39.1 x 25.7 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: In this world what fades without changing its outer hue is the flower of the heart of man

Signature: Katsushika Hokusai ga

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR211 White rectangular label with scalloped edges verso, bottom center with inscription in ink: 98[text and poems] Poem by Ono no Komachi from Kokinshu (Collection of ancient and modern waka), ca. 905, XV: 797: Iro miede (translates to) In this world utsurou (translates to) what fadesyo no naka no (translates to)without changing its outer hue hito no kokoro no/hana ni zo arikeru (translates to)is the flower of the heart of manCalligraphy by Tokunan. (signed after poem lower left)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1178

Ono no Komachi 小野小町
from an untitled series The Six Immortal Poets (六歌仙 Rokkasen)
Rokkasen

Inscription Text/Poem
Translation: In this world what fades without changing its outer hue is the flower of the heart of man

Signature: Katsushika Hokusai ga

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: EGR211 White rectangular label with scalloped edges verso, bottom center with inscription in ink: 98[text and poems] Poem by Ono no Komachi from Kokinshu (Collection of ancient and modern waka), ca. 905, XV: 797: Iro miede (translates to) In this world utsurou (translates to) what fadesyo no naka no (translates to)without changing its outer hue hito no kokoro no/hana ni zo arikeru (translates to)is the flower of the heart of manCalligraphy by Tokunan. (signed after poem lower left)

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

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