Skip to main content

Drawing for: Poem by Kawara no Sadaijin (Minamoto no Tôru), 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/TechniqueInk on paper, with red seal
DimensionsHorizontal ôban; 25 x 37.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession number21.6727
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsPoem: Michinoku no/ shinobu mojisuri/ tare yue ni/ midare somenishi/ ware nara naku ni
ProvenanceJune 23, 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.