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Poem by Abe no Nakamaro, 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; 37.8 × 26 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession number2016.1341
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsPoem: Ama no hara/ furisake mireba/ Kasuga naru/ Mikasa no yama ni/ ideshi tsuki ka mo
ProvenanceJustine Frances Lewis Keidel (d. 2003), Baltimore, MD; 2003, bequeathed by Justine Frances Lewis Keidel to her daughter, Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)
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)