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Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki no Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)

(Japanese, 1797–1861)
(Japanese)
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 34.8 x 23.2 cm (13 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1774
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Sumi no e no/ kishi ni yoru nami/ yoru sae ya/ yume no kayoiji/ hitome yoguramu 住の江の 岸による浪 よるさへや ゆめのかよひぢ 人めよぐらむ
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Takiguchi Shinsuke
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)
Chiyo of Kaga Province (Kaga no kuni Chiyo-jo)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
about 1845 (Kôka 2)
Sakata Kaidômaru
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)