Utagawa KUNIYOSHI (1798-1861)
Semimaru (9th century) stays in his small Hut at the Roadside
Series: Hyakunin isshu no uchi (One hundred Poets, a Poem for each)
Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
Publisher: Ehiko
Date: around 1840-42
Poem: Here on the Pass / No One stays for long / Coming and Going, for Years / Hardly a Face that I know
Original Japanese Woodblock Print, Size Ôban