Poem by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
1835–36
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 25.8 × 37.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-195273
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, by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (about 660–739), reads as follows: Must I sleep alone through the long autumn nights, long like the dragging tail of the mountain pheasant separated from his dove? —translation by Joshua Mostow Hitomaro wrote of an emotionally tiring night. The nurse thought instead of the physically exhausting…
Provenance
Whittemore, 1930.190
Registry history
- 1835–36 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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