Vernissage
Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

Katsushika Hokusai

Japanese, 1760–1849

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse, 1835–36

Color woodblock print

25.4 × 36.9 cm (10 × 14 ½ in.)

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

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