Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Ogura Imitation of the Hundred Poets)

Description

Colour woodblock print from the series Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu (Ogura Imitation of the Hundred Poets, One Poem Each), depicting the poor Wankyu dancing with a fan in his right hand and a pole over his shoulder from which hang a gourd and a long screed, with poem by Kiyowara no Motosuke: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Museum reference

A.1887.745.69.21

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Ibaya Senzaburō, 1815 - 1869 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1845

Materials

Paper