Poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason - Attractive winter scene of hunters warming themselves at a bonfire, clouds of smoke billowing skywards. The men wear straw leggings against the cold, and two of them have guns slung over their backs. Snow covers the woven straw walls of a shelter at right, and a large kettle hangs from one of the trees at right. The poem by Minamoto no Muneyuki Ason, grandson of Emperor Koko, reads:

Winter loneliness
In a mountain hamlet grows
Only deeper, when
Guests are gone, and leaves and grass
Withered are;--so runs my thought.

A handsome design with wonderful line work and detail. A striking Hokusai composition.

Artist - Hokusai (1760 - 1849)

Image Size - 9 3/4" x 14 3/4" + margins as shown

Condition - With excellent color and detail as shown. Slight paper remnants on reverse at corners from previous folio mounting. Toning, slight creasing. Please see photos for details. Good overall.