Poet with Two Pages on the Banks of the Tatsuta

Artist:: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)

Date:: ca. 1845

Culture:: Japan

Medium:: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions:: H. 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm); W. 10 1/16 in. (25.6 cm)

Classification:: Prints

Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1925

Accession Number:: JP1465

Not on view

Signature: Asazakura-ro (Ichiyusai) Kuniyoshi ga

Inscription: Ode by Arihara no Narihira Ason:

O Tats'ta! when th'autumnal flow
I watch of thy deep, ruddy wave-
E'en when the stern gods long ago
Did rule, was ne'er beheld so brave,
So fair a stream as thine, I vow.

Marking: Ebiné (lower left corner)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Sensitivity to the Seasons: Summer and Autumn in Japanese Art," June 24, 2011–October 23, 2011.

Timelines
Japan, 1800–1900 A.D.

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Asian Art (35,507)

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (74)

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Ink (31,451)

Paper (28,290)

Printing blocks (5,872)

Prints (125,126)

Relief prints (15,643)

Wood blocks (5,363)

Woodblock prints (11,726)

Geographic Location

Asia (71,011)

Japan (22,641)

Date / Era

A.D. 1800–1900 (106,859)

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