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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2840
People
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳, Japanese (1798 - 1861)
Title
Poem by Saigyō Hōshi, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu no uchi)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 百人一首之内　西行法師
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
circa 1840–42
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206855

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
vertical ōban: H. 37.4 × W. 25.3 cm (14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: printed: 一勇斎国芳画 [Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2840
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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