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Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
Katsushika HokusaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-dcc67568e7b7
- Date
- 1835–36
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 152505
A priest raises a gohei , a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16). This series by Hokusai was originally meant to have 100 prints, but only 27 were completed.
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- Credit line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Provenance
- 1977-?: (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) | ?-1985: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1985-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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