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

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese woodblock print. Men in traditional clothing are bending over near a body of water and a field. They are wearing head coverings. There is a house behind them with a fence. Trees are on a hill to the left. There is a large hill in the background with smoke rising from behind it. The sky is dark gray. There is a small piece of paper with Japanese writing in the upper-right corner. A color gradient scale is at the bottom. The entire image is on a white background.

Artwork details

Date:
1760–1849
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 474 px
Museum record:
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