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KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849) The poem reads:
Poem by Fujiwara no Yoshitaka
Woodblock print, from the series Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki (One Kimi ga tame Oshikarazarishi Even the life that I’d not have been
Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse), signed saki no Hokusai inochi sae nagaku mogana to sorry to lose just to meet you once,
manji, published by Iseya Sanjiro (Eijudo), circa 1835-36 omoinuru kana now, having met, I think: "I want it
Horizontal oban: 10 x 14¡ in. (25.3 x 36.5 cm.) to last forever!"
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
Werner Schindler (1905-1986)
LITERATURE:
Kondo Eiko and Suzuki Juzo, Masterpieces of ukiyo-e prints from the
Schindler Collection, exh. cat. (Tokyo, 1985), pl. 137.
