Bun’ya no Asayasu (no. 36), from the series A Pictorial Commentary on One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets (Hyakunin isshu eshō: Bun'ya no Asayasu)

Utagawa Kunisada

ca. 1844 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); vertical ōban; ink and color on paper

About this work

Artist

Utagawa Kunisada

Date

ca. 1844

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); vertical ōban; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 14 1/4 × 10 in. (36.2 × 25.4 cm)

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Japanese, 1786–1864

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Credit line: Purchase, Sue Cassidy Clark Gift, in honor of Penelope Clark, 2026