Title : One Hundred Poems - Monk Sosei

Artist : Utagawa Hiroshige

Date : 1845-46.

Details : Utagawa Hiroshige: One Hundred Poems - Monk Sosei - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : From "Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu" ("One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets"). No.21, The Monk Sosei-hoshi. "Just because she said, in a moment she would come, I have waited her until the September moon of daybreak has appeared." The lower inset depicts Umewakamaru, who was murdered by a slave trader, Shinobu Sota, at the Sumida river.

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