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Poem by Kanke

After the woodblock print: Katsushika Hokusai, Poem by Kanke (Sugawara Michizane), from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse, ca. 1839

Poem by Kanke

A nobleman’s carriage and his attendants, with red maple leaves in the air. 22 threads: reds, blues and golds.

Size
150 × 97 stitches; on 14-count: 27.2 × 17.6 cm, on 18-count: 21.2 × 13.7 cm
Threads
22 DMC colours, full crosses only
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 36487 — the work on the museum site
Licence
Chart — © 2026 Crossette, CC BY 4.0: free to stitch, print and share with a link to crossette.org. The original is in the public domain (CC0); the museum image comes from its open collection.

PDF to print · 317 KB OXS for software · 563 KB

OXS is an open chart format that many cross stitch programs open. The Crossette app opens it too — it’s in development; the beta comes after Apple’s review. Colours on screen and in print are approximate; go by the thread codes.