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Poem by Bun'ya no Asayasu (Fumiya no Asayasu), 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; 24.5 x 35.7 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.1284
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Shiratsuyu ni/ kaze no fukishiku/ aki no no wa/ tsuranuki tomenu/ tama zo chirikeru
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Sumô Wrestler Ushigase
Katsushika Hokusai
1790 (Kansei 2), 1st month