Artworks · Katsushika Hokusai

Poem by Chunagon Atsutada, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Gon-Chunagon Masafusa (Oe no Masafusa), from the series “One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Lady Akazome Emon Poem by Sosei Hoshi, from the series “One Hundred Poems Explained by a Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)”

1921 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

百人一首　うはかゑとき　権中納言匡房|Poem by Gon-chūnagon Masafusa (Ōe no Masafusa), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1921 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

9 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. (24.8 x 37.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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)

1921 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Image: 10 1/4 × 15 1/4 in. (26 × 38.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　乳母か縁説　素胜法師|Poem by Sōsei Hōshi, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1921 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (24.8 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　うはかゑとき　赤染衛門|Poem by Akazome Emon, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1921 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

9 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. (24.4 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mochi Making

1845 · Color woodblock print; surimono

21.3 × 27.9 cm (8 7/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jito Tenno (Workers Dyeing Cloth), from Hyakunin Isshu ubaga Etoki (The Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

1840 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

25.6 x 36.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Dainagon Tsunenobu (Workers, beside the sea, dyeing cloth), from Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki (A Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse)

1839 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

25.3 x 36.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

百人一首　うはかゑとき　源宗于朝臣|Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　乳母か縁説　在原業平|Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm); W. 15 in. (38.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　うばがゑとき　伊勢|Poem by Ise, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm); W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　乳母かゑとき　猿丸太夫|Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 x 14 3/8 in. (25.4 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　宇波か縁説　藤原道信朝臣|Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm); W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　うはかゑとき　天智天皇|Poem by Tenchi Tennō, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 9 15/16 in. (25.2 cm); W. 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　うばがゑとき　大納言経信|Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu, Katsura no Dainagon), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Image: 9 15/16 × 14 3/8 in. (25.2 × 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　乳母かゑとき　猿丸太夫|Poem by Sarumaru Dayū, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　乳母かゑとき　柿本人麿|Poem by Kakinomoto Hitomaro, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

9 7/8 x 14 in. (25.1 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　姥か恵と起　大中臣能宣朝臣|Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 x 14 1/8 in. (25.4 x 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

百人一首　うはかゑとき　持統天皇|Poem by Jitō Tenno (Empress Jitō), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (25.7 x 37.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

軍鶏図|Gamecocks

1838 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 21 3/4 × 33 7/16 in. (55.3 × 85 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Peasant Crossing a Bridge, from the series A True Mirror of Chinese and Japanese Poems

1835 · Color woodblock print; nagaban

50 × 23.2 cm (19 11/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Vanity of Vanities

1835 · Color woodblock print

Art Institute of Chicago

Sangi Takamura, from the series "One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Wet Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1835 · Color woodblock print; oban

26.2 × 37.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

富岳百景|Fugaku Hyakkei

1834 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

9 × 6 1/4 × 3/8 in. (22.9 × 15.9 × 1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

仏手柑図|Buddha’s Hand Citron (Busshukan)

1834 · Matted painting; ink and color on silk

13 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (34.3 x 24.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

富岳百景|Mount Fuji of the Mists (Vol. 1); Mount Fuji of the Ascending Dragon (Vol. 2)

1834 · Woodblock print (first and second volumes with 100 pages of illustrations); ink and color on paper

9 x 6 1/4 in. (22.9 x 15.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

千絵の海　下総登戸|Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)

1832 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Oiwa (Oiwa-san), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.6 × 16.1 cm (10 1/16 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Mansion of the Plates (Sara yashiki), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.5 × 18.6 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Laughing Demoness (Warai Hannya), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.3 × 18 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Memorial Anniversary (Shunen), from the series "One Hundred Ghost Tales (Hyaku monogatari)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

24.3 × 18.5 cm (9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

1831 · Color woodblock print; chuban

19 × 25.7 cm (7 1/2 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ehon sakigake (Picture book of Japanese and Chinese fighters), complete in 1 vol.

1831 · Book; woodblock printed

22.0 × 15.5 cm (8 5/8 × 6 1/8 in.) (closed); 22.0 × 28.2 cm (8 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.) (opened)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tokaido Okazaki, Yahagi no bashi (The Archers' Bridge at Okazaki, on the Takaido), from Sho-koku Meiko Kiran (Views of Bridges in Various Provinces)

1831 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

24.8 x 36.5 cm (9 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Chrysanthemum and Horsefly, from an untitled series of Large Flowers

1831 · Color woodblock print, oban

26.5 × 38.8 cm (10 7/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.1 × 36.2 cm (9 7/8 × 14 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fuji from Ommayagashi with Twilight over Ryogoku Bridge (Ommayagashi yori ryogokubashi sekiyo o miru), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 25.6 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Chunagon Yakamochi, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.4 × 37.5 cm (10 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Kanke, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.2 × 36.4 cm (9 15/16 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dainagon Tsunenobufrom the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko ōban

37.5 × 26 cm (14 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

25.4 × 36.7 cm (10 × 14 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Yamabe no Akahito, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

The Brine Maiden

1830 · Color woodblock print; surimono

Art Institute of Chicago

Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

1830 · Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

Harumichi no Tsuraki, thirty-second poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse

1830 · Color woodblock print; yoko oban

24.9 × 37.1 cm (9 13/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago