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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　うはかゑとき　天智天皇|Poem by Tenchi Tennō, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

1839
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

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