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Poem by Sōsei Hōshi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicts a Japanese landscape. Two people are on a stone path that descends to a body of water. The person on the left is a woman wearing a blue kimono with white flowers and a red shawl. The man on the right wears a gray kimono and a head covering. They are in front of a steep hill with green vegetation. There are several buildings in the image, including a structure with a red roof on the left, a house on stilts in the center, and two buildings with blue and red roofs on the right. The background features a body of water and a mountain. The sky is blue and there is a full moon. A red and yellow banner with Japanese writing is in the top-right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
1921
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 408 px
Museum record:
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