Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi (Otomo no Yakamochi) | Edo period, 19th century

拍品描述

woodblock print, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), signed Saki no Hokusai Manji (Manji, the former Hokusai), published by Iseya Sanjiro (Eijudo), circa 1835-36 Horizontal oban: 25.7 x 36.7 cm, 10⅛ by 14½ in. The poem in this print is by Chunagon Yakamochi (Otomo no Yakamochi, 718-785), an important Japanese statesman who is thought to have compiled the first Imperial anthology of poems, the Manyoshu [Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves]. The poem has been translated by Peter MacMillan in One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Treasury of Classical Japanese Verse, (London, 2016), p. 9: How the night deepens. A ribbon of the whitest frost is stretched across the bridge of magpie wings the lovers will cross Kasasagi no wataseru hashi ni oku shimo no shiroki o mireba yo zo fukenikeru A similar impression of the same print is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.573, go to: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1906-1220-0-573

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