id: 152506 accession number: 1985.327 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.327 updated: 2023-03-14 12:01:27.266000 Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse, 1835–36. Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Color woodblock print; overall: 24.2 x 35.3 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.327 title: Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1835–36 creation date earliest: 1835 creation date latest: 1836 current location: creditline: The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) technique: Color woodblock print department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 24.2 x 35.3 cm (9 1/2 x 13 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Zen Hokusai Manji Publisher: Iseya Sanjiro (Eijudo) Censorship Seal: kiwame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection opening date: 1988-09-14T04:00:00 A Private World: Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 14-November 13, 1988). title: Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation opening date: 2018-03-26T04:00:00 Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 26-July 9, 2018). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith) date: footnotes: citations: The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899–1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1985 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1985– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: This impression of Hokusai's print has a fold along its center, indicating that it may have once been placed in an album of the book format. digital description: wall description: This print by Katsushika Hokusai is inscribed with a melancholy poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki (died 939) on the upper right.

In the mountain village,
it is in winter that my loneliness
increases most,
when I think how both have dried up,
the grasses and people’s visits.

The mood of the hunters, however, contrasts with the poem. They appear to be merrily recounting stories of their hunting success while warming their hands around a roaring blaze. A long day in the winter cold has not dampened their spirits. With the bonfire, their straw winter gear, and the shelter of the hut at the right, they will enjoy both warmth and companionship this winter’s night. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Morse, Peter, Hokusai Katsushika, and Clay MacCauley. Hokusai, One Hundred Poets. New York: G. Braziller, 1989. page number: Reproduced: pp. 76-77, cat. no. 28 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.327/1985.327_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.327/1985.327_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.327/1985.327_full.tif