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Poem by Emperor Sanjo, from the series One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets Explained by an Old Nurse
1835–36
Location: not on view
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This series by Hokusai was originally meant to have 100 prints, but only 27 were completed.Description
A priest raises a gohei, a ritual implement with zig-zag strips of white paper attached to a staff, while the surrounding figures reverentially bow in a moonlit ceremony honoring Emperor Sanjo (976–1017, reigned 1012–16).- 1977-?(R. E. Lewis, Inc., California, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Kelvin Smith)?-1985The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art1985-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "Checklist of the Kelvin Smith Bequest." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 7 (1988): 292-95. p. 292 www.jstor.orgMorse, Peter, Hokusai Katsushika, and Clay MacCauley. Hokusai, One Hundred Poets. New York: G. Braziller, 1989. Reproduced: cat. no. 68, pp. 142-143
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019).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).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.326