Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Title: Poem by Bun’ya no Asayasu
Series Title: 100 Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Date: 1835-36
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper.
Publisher: Iseya Sanjirō (Eijudō)
Inscription: “White dews sparkle over the autumn field where wind sweeps; I expect an instant amid the dew-wet grass.” (Shiratsuyu ni/ kaze no fukishiku/ aki no no wa/ tsuranuki tomenu/ tama zo chirikeru)

Posted by Jamie Vaught

April 26, 2016