About this artwork
This is a scene based on the poet’s early career as a descendant of the imperial family and as a court minister, before the poet became a priest. The scene is springtime at court, where a young woman of nobility performs a dance (usually held in the fall) related to the success of the rice crop that was planted annually in the spring by the emperor. Later, of course, this poet became known as the first of the six Poetic Immortals, for his modern poems.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
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Title
- Sojo Henjo, twelfth poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1830–1841
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; yoko oban
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Dimensions
- 26.2 × 37.6 cm (10 3/8 × 14 13/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1928.1093
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/89521/manifest.json