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Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 24.1 x 37.6 cm (9 1/2 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1305
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Akenureba/ kururu mono to wa/ shirinagara/ nao uramshiki/ asaborake ka na
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Sumô Wrestler Ushigase
Katsushika Hokusai
1790 (Kansei 2), 1st month