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Abe no Nakamaro, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poetry (Shika shashin kyô), also called Imagery of the Poets

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
about 1833 (Tenpô 4)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical nagaban; 52.2 x 22.5 cm (20 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.6673
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceFormerly in the Kobayashi collection; October 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as the Sumô Wrestler Ushigase
Katsushika Hokusai
1790 (Kansei 2), 1st month