百人一首 宇波か縁説 権中納言定家|Poem by Gon-Chūnagon Sadaie, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Katsushika Hokusai
1760–1849 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
One of Hokusai's most dramatic prints liberates the strong emotion compressed into this single stanza by Gochūnagon Teika (Fujiwara Sadaie, 1162–1241): Konu hito so Matsuho no ura no yuu nagi ni yaku ya mo shiho no mi mo kogaretsutsu Waiting for one who does not come my passion burns as the unceasing fires beneath the salt-pans around Matsuho Bay. Teika, one of Japan's greatest poets and critics compiled the first collection of one hundred poems by one hundred poets.
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Date
- 1760–1849
- 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
