Sōjō Henjō, from the series Portraits of Six Poets

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

ca. 1809–10

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Yale University Art Gallery

葛飾北斎 ｢六歌仙の内 僧正遍昭｣ 浮世絵錦絵 江戸時代\r\nThe ninth-century poet Sōjō Henjō was born into an offshoot of the Imperial family relegated to common lif... Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore