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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
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Maker
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849, b. in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869
Title
Abe no Nakamaro [701-770] (Abe no Nakamaro)
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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Horizontal ōban: 25.4 x 37.5 cm (10 x 14 3/4 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Edition
Edition: early edition with red publisher's seal; faded Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke
Object Number
20.1228 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869
Edo, Japan), publisher
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