Ogura nazorae hyakunin isshu 小倉擬百人一首 (One Hundred Poems by One Poet Each, Likened to the Ogura Version) / Usuyuki-hime 薄雪姫 (Princess Usuyuki)

Object types
drawing (scope note | all objects)

Title (object)
Usuyuki-hime 薄雪姫 (Princess Usuyuki)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
painted (scope note | all objects)
Production person
Painted by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Painted in Japan (scope note | all objects)
Date
1845-1847 (c.)
Period/Culture
Koka Era (c. 2-5) (scope note | all objects)

Description
Preparatory drawing for woodblock print. Princess Usuyuki with travelling robe and hat, arriving at ferry stop; ferryman looking at her and scratching his head; with pentimenti; with part of poem; more inscription on verso. Ink on paper. Inscribed.

Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: top left, in cartouche
Inscription Language: Japanese
Inscription Content: 行えも / 志らぬ / 恋の / みちかな
Inscription Transliteration: Ikue mo / shira nu / koi no / michi kana
Inscription Translation: On journey of love to unknown place

Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: image, left, in cartouche
Inscription Language: Japanese
Inscription Content: うす雪姫
Inscription Transliteration: Usuyuki-hime
Inscription Translation: Princess Usuyuki

Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: image, lower right, in cartouche
Inscription Language: Japanese
Inscription Content: 渡し守
Inscription Transliteration: Watashi mori
Inscription Translation: Ferryman

Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Position: image, upper right
Inscription Language: Japanese?
Inscription Content: 侍 [?]
Inscription Transliteration: Samurai [?]


Dimensions
Height: 34.3 centimetres
Width: 23.7 centimetres