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Nichiren shônin Writing on the Waves
日蓮上人波題目画稿
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about Tenpô era (1830 - 44)
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.7 x 39.2 cm (10 7/8 x 15 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.9363
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 2 (2003), ch. III (Ukiyo-e), no. 396; MFA, Bosuton bijutsukan nikuhitsu ukiyo-e, v. 3 (2000), pl. 72
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.