Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse
1835–36
- Medium
- Color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 24.2 × 35.3 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-190200
Katsushika Hokusai designed this print series from the perspective of a confused nurse attempting to illustrate classical poetry but missing the subtle allusions. This interpretation creates what would have been considered a comical disconnect between poem and image. The poem on this print reads as follows: In the mountain village,it is in winter that my lonelinessincreases most,when I think of how both have dried up,the grasses and people’s visits. —Translation by Joshua Mostow While nobleman Minamoto no Muneyuki (died 939) wrote of dying grasses, the nurse imagines instead a li…
Provenance
Kelvin Smith, 1985.327
Registry history
- 1835–36 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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