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Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
Hokusai1835-36
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
A priest raises a <em>gohei</em>, a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16).
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- Title: Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
- Creator: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)
- Date Created: 1835-36
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 25.6 x 37.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith), The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.326
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Series in Original Language: 百人一首乳母が絵解き
- Original Title: 三條院
- Inscriptions: Kokoro ni mo / arade uki yo ni / nagaraeba / koishikarubeki / yowa no tsuki kana
- Fun Fact: This series by Hokusai was originally meant to have 100 prints, but only 27 were completed.
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Gift of J. H. Wade
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1985.326
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