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Poem by Jitô Tennô, 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; 26.2 x 37.9 cm (10 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1152
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Haru sugite/ natsu kinekerashi/ shirotae no/ koromo hosuchô/ Ama no kagu yama 持統天皇 春過て 夏きにけらし しろたへの 衣干てふ 天の香久山
Provenance1900, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1906 gift of Denman Waldo Ross, Cambridge, Massachusetts to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Sumô Wrestler Ushigase
Katsushika Hokusai
1790 (Kansei 2), 1st month