Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse

1615–1868

葛飾北斎　｢百人一首　うは可ゑと起　源宗于朝臣｣　浮世絵錦絵　江戸時代

Medium: Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print
Dimensions: sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.56 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen, Mr. and Mrs. Laurens Hammond, and Mr. and Mrs. Knight Woolley, B.A. 1917
Accession Number: 1967.64.84
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Prints
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Provenance

Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1967 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Censor's seal mark: Kiwame 極 (round, relief, lower left)\r\nPublisher’s seal mark: Eiju-dō 栄樹堂 (square, relief, lower left)\r\n

Inscriptions

Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki: Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason 百人一首　うは可ゑと起　源宗于朝臣 (upper right)\r\nPoem: Yamazato ha/ fuyu zo samishisa/ masari keri/ hitome mo kusa mo/ karenu to omoeba 山里八　冬そさみしさ　満左里希利　人目も草毛　枯ぬと思?八 (upper right)\r\n(trans by Met: In a mountain hamlet winter’s/ loneliness grows deeper./ Both people and grasses are/ withered—so run my thoughts.) (upper right)\r\n

Signed

Sakino Hokusai Manji” (“Manji, formerly Hokusai”) 前北斎卍 (upper right)

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