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「新版浮絵 樊噲鴻門之会ノ図」
Fan Kuai and the Banquet at Hongmen (Hankai Kômon no kai no zu), from the series Newly published Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)
「新版浮絵 樊噲鴻門之会ノ図」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1780s (Tenmei era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24 x 35.3 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.14710
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #9; Hokusai: Bridging East and West (1998), #21 (with margin); Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, horizontal ôban #5; Munezaki et al., Zaigai hihô 3, Hokusai (1972), #3
DescriptionTitle, signature, and publisher (Iwatoya Kisaburô) in right margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed
(Katsu Shunrô ga, in right margin, cut off of this impression)
（勝春朗画）
（勝春朗画）
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.