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Ariwara Narihira, from the “Fujifusa Version” of Thirty-six Poetic Immortals (Fujifusa-bon Sanjūrokkasen emaki)

Unrecorded maker

first half 15th century · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Scenes from the Tales of Ise

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Forty-nine scenes from the Tales of Ise

Satomura Genchin (d. 1665)

mid-17th century · Pair of six-panel folding screens, with ninety-eight paintings and poem cards (shikishi) applied to gold leaf on paper; paintings: ink and red ink on paper, text: ink on paper

Scene from the Tales of Ise: “Mount Utsu”

Fukae Roshū (d. 1757)

early 18th century · Fan mounted as a hanging scroll

“The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806)

ca. 1798 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Box with the Poet Narihira

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Black lacquer over copper, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Poem by Ariwara no Narihira, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)

Katsushika Hokusai (d. 1849)

1839 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Five-piece silver tea and coffee service with iris patterns

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1880–1910 · Silver