百人一首 うばがゑとき 伊勢|Poem by Ise, 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 うばがゑとき 伊勢|Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki) — Katsushika Hokusai

The poem by Lady Ise (ca. 870–935) reads: Even for a space short as a joint of tiny reed from Naniwa's marsh, We must never meet again in this life? This, do you ask?

Artist
Katsushika Hokusai
Date
ca. 1835
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Credit line
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

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