Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse

color woodblock printKatsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)/1835–36

Description

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).

Provenance

(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith); The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

25.6 × 37.3 cm

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Movement / Period

Japanese Art

Accession No

1985.326

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese Art • Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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