百人一首 乳かゑとき 中納言敦忠|Poem by Chūnagon Atsutada (Fujiwara no Asatada), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 10 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (26 × 38.7 cm) Mat: 15 5/8 × 22 7/8 in. (39.7 × 58.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Taishō period (1912–26)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Carll Tucker, 1962
Accession Number
JP3417
Tags
About the Artist
Katsushika Hokusai · 1760–1849
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) stands as one of history's most influential artists, a Japanese master who revolutionized the ukiyo-e woodblock print tradition and profoundly shaped Western art. Born in the Katsushika district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to an artisan family, Hokusai lived through nearly nine decades of extraordinary creative evolution, adopting over thirty different artistic names t...