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Katsushika Hokusai

百人一首　うはかゑとき　持統天皇|Poem by Jitō Tenno (Empress Jitō), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

ca. 1839
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
25.4 × 37.1 cm (10 × 14.6 in)

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