Irises and Grasshopper, from an untitled series known as Large Flowers

横大判花鳥　杜若にきりぎりす

Japanese

Edo period

about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.3 x 36.1 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.811

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #88; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #364; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #23.09

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 8, 1906)