Bun’ya no Yasuhide, from the series Portraits of Six Poets

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai

ca. 1809–10

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Yale University Art Gallery

A seated man in ornate robes with a distinctive hat and mustache is depicted against a light background with Japanese calligraphy and stylized blue and gray waves. A seated man in ornate robes with a distinctive hat and mustache is depicted against a light background with Japanese calligraphy and stylized blue and gray waves. 葛飾北斎 ｢六歌仙の内 文屋康秀｣ 浮世絵錦絵 江戸時代\r\nBun’ya no Yasuhide served as an official to two consecutive emperors, Emperor Seiwa and Emperor Yōzei, in ... Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore