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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI. Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (26 x 37.5 cm). Date: ca. 1835.
The poem by Sanmi Takamura (802-852) reads:
O'er the wide, wide sea, towards its many distant isles,
rowing I set forth.
This, to all the world proclaim, O ye boats of fisher folk!.

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Author: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

Title: Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Caption: Poem by Sangi no Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki). Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760-1849 Tokyo (Edo)). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Oban 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (26 x 37.5 cm). Date: ca. 1835. The poem by Sanmi Takamura (802-852) reads: O'er the wide, wide sea, towards its many distant isles, rowing I set forth. This, to all the world proclaim, O ye boats of fisher folk!.

Technique/material: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Period: Edo period (1615-1868)

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 6138 × 4298 px | 75.5 MB

Print size: 52.0 × 36.4 cm | 2416.5 × 1692.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ASIA • ASIAN ART • EDO PERIOD (1615-1868) • HOKUSAI, KATSUSHIKA • INK • JAPAN • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • POLYCHROME WOODBLOCK PRINT; INK AND COLOR ON PAPER • PRINTING BLOCKS • PRINTS • RELIEF PRINTS • WOOD BLOCKS • WOODBLOCK PRINTS