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Lot 26PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760-1849)
Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason
Closed18 June 2020
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GBP 8,750
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A group of palanquin bearers hurry their passangers down the road of Emonzako towards the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters.
The poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu has been translated by Peter MacMillan, One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (New York, 2008), p. 62:
Akenureba
kururu mono to wa
shirinagara
nao urameshiki
asaborake ka na
Though the sun has risen,
I know I can see you again
when it sets at dusk.
Yet even so, how I hate
this cold light of dawn.
The poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu has been translated by Peter MacMillan, One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each: A Translation of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (New York, 2008), p. 62:
Akenureba
kururu mono to wa
shirinagara
nao urameshiki
asaborake ka na
Though the sun has risen,
I know I can see you again
when it sets at dusk.
Yet even so, how I hate
this cold light of dawn.