百人一首 うはかゑとき 源宗于朝臣|Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, 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 うはかゑとき 源宗于朝臣|Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) — Katsushika Hokusai

The poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki (d. 939) reads: In a mountain hamlet winter's loneliness grows deeper. Both people and grasses are withered—so run my thoughts.

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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