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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (B. 1760, d. 1849)
Two noble ladies in a sacred dance in a Shinto ceremony at Court.
In fitful path across the sky, / By various winds of heaven forced, / Cloud-borne Otome glideth by — / Now hath the breeze its vigour lost / An instant, and her form so bright / For a fleeting moment greets my sight. HYAKUNIN ISSHU URAGAWA ETORI The Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse. [From a] complete set of the twenty-seven prints of this series, being all that were published, though Hokusai drew designs for the others. The meaning of many of these ancient poems, which are written in the old Yamato language and contain allusions to things not now recognizable, is obscure, and numerous commentaries upon them have been written. For two of the metrical versions here given the compiler of this catalogue is indebted to Mr. Will H. Edmunds; the others are by Mr. F. V. Dickens.Yoko-e. Signed: Zen Hokusai Manji.
Purchaser: Charles H. Chandler
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Literature
Morse, Peter, Hokusai Katsushika, and 北斎(1760-1849) 葛飾. 1989. Hokusai, One Hundred Poets. . Translated by Clay MacCauley. New York: G. Braziller.
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