Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse
- Date:
- c. 1835/36
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; yoko oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A rural landscape with thatched-roof huts nestled among trees at left, a rounded hill and distant blue mountains behind a band of red sky at the horizon. In the foreground, several figures in conical straw hats and blue robes carry bundles of harvested rice or straw across earthen paths and a wooden footbridge over a stream, with stacked straw sheaves dotting the fields; a text-filled cartouche with the poem appears in the upper right. Katsushika Hokusai, 1830, color woodblock print (yoko oban), from *One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse*, depicting the poem of Tenji Tenno.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1835/36.
Tenji Tenno (The Emperor Tenji), first poet in the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by the Nurse depicts landscapes.