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「大日本名橋図 北斎筆」
Famous Bridges of Japan, by Hokusai (Dai NIppon meikyô zu, Hokusai hitsu)
「大日本名橋図 北斎筆」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823 (Bunsei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 34.2 x 24.3 cm (13 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17581
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17581 (fragment of later edition), 11.20221 (first edition, intact)
The right half of a later printing of the large untitled print known as "One Hundred Bridges in a Single View," with a new title written on by hand.
The right half of a later printing of the large untitled print known as "One Hundred Bridges in a Single View," with a new title written on by hand.
Signed
(this fragment unsigned)
無款
無款
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.