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Katsushika Hokusai Japanese
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The poem by Lady Ise (ca. 870–935) reads:
Even for a space short as a joint of tiny reed from
Naniwa's marsh,
We must never meet again in this life? This, do you ask?
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百人一首 うばがゑとき 伊勢
Title: Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Artist:
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo))
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1835
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (26.7 x 37.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number: JP2548
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