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「新版浮絵 東叡山花盛之図」
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Tôeizan Temple (Tôeizan hanazakari no zu), from the series Newly Published Perspective Pictures (Shinpan uki-e)
「新版浮絵 東叡山花盛之図」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1811 (Bunka 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 23.2 x 33.9 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17585
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai ten (1967), print #23 (with margin); Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #15.13
DescriptionTitle and publisher (Iseya Rihei) in right margin, cut off of this impression.
One print in the series (11.17582) has a censor's seal used in 1811.
One print in the series (11.17582) has a censor's seal used in 1811.
Signed
Hokusai ga
北斎画
北斎画
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.