百人一首 乳母か絵とき 参議篁|Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai

ca. 1835 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

百人一首 乳母か絵とき 参議篁|Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) — Katsushika Hokusai

The poem by Sanmi Takamura (802–852) reads: O'er the wide, wide sea, towards its many distant isles, rowing I set forth. This, to all the world proclaim, O ye boats of fisher folk!

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Credit line
Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939

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