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Series Title: 百人一首乳母が絵解き

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

三條院

1835–36

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
Overall: 25.6 x 37.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade 1985.326
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Did You Know?

This series by Hokusai was originally meant to have 100 prints, but only 27 were completed.

Description

A priest raises a gohei, a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16).
A horizontally oriented woodblock print depicts a night scene on a veranda under a full moon. Seven figures in vibrant patterned robes are scattered across the composition. On the left, two figures prostrate in an interior and on green ground. A central figure stands holding a tasseled white wand, while four others crouch or lie on the wooden deck. Dark, banded clouds drift through the sky, and Japanese text fills a corner cartouche.

Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

1835–36

Katsushika Hokusai

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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