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Poem by Jitō Tenno (Empress Jitō), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print, color on paper. A group of people on a road. One man leads a horse with a white cloth draped over its back. A man bent over by a river, washing. A man carrying an umbrella. A woman carrying a woven basket on her head. A mountain in the background on the left. A town on the right. Sky is pink and orange near the horizon, light orange and yellow above. A ruler with numbers and letters is printed below the image. Characters are written in a green rectangle on the top right, and red stamps are on the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1839
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 474 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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