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Katsushika Hokusai

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

c. 1835/36
Color woodblock print; oban
25.2 × 36.4 cm (9.9 × 14.3 in)

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