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An Edo period print "Ogura Nazorae Hyakunin Isshu" (Ogura Imitation of 100 Poems by 100 Poets),the Poem is by Abe-no-Nakamaro, "When I look up at the wide-stretched plain of heaven, is the moon the same that rose on Mt. Mikasa in the land of Kasuga?" Nagoya Sanzaburo, who avenged his father's death, is in the lower cartouche. Format is Oban tate-e 9.8 x 14.2 inches(25.0 x 36 cm) Artist is Kuniyoshi Utagawa 1797-1861 Signature ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga Seal kiri Dated 1842 - 47 ,Edo period Publisher Ibasen,censor Kinugasa Impression,colors and condition are all very good ,backed by thin paper,
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