The Poet Hitomaro ☴ Kunisada ☱ Canvas Size:45 x 30 against a background of uncultivated

against a background of uncultivated nature

complete with witness signature

capturing a moment on a stroll on a windy summer's day in Argenteuil

highlights the immense scale of the scene

One of Vermeer's three known paintings of Delft

The Poet Hitomaro ☴ Kunisada ☱ Canvas Size:45 x 30 against a background of uncultivatedThe Poet Hitomaro at the Beach of Akashi (1832) by Utagawa Kunisada depicts the poet on the beach observing salt water gatherers under the setting sun. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c. 653 710) was a Japanese waka poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka period, ranked as one of the Thirty six Poetry Immortals. Portraits of the Immortals were popular in Japanese painting and woodblock prints, often displayed in temples.