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Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A colorful Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene from the sea. In the foreground, several women are shown in and around a small boat on the right side. Three women are on a sandy cliff on the right; one woman on the left side of the cliff is bending down, one woman on the right side of the cliff is standing with her hands on her head, and one woman is sitting. A woman wearing a brown kimono sits in a boat with her back to the viewer. The boat she sits in points diagonally to the left. To her right is a woman in a white kimono climbing into the boat. The woman to her left holds a yellow object. Four other women are shown on the left among waves; one woman holds a sail. A red boat with white sails floats on the water on the left. A large body of water fills the background, with land visible on the horizon. A beige background surrounds the top and a large white background surrounds the rest of the print.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 423 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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