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「女房こむめ 瀬川路之助」（初代）
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「女房こむめ 瀬川路之助」（初代）
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 3rd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.5 x 25.9 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.17500
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, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #19; Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (1989), list #104, pl. 194; Nagata, Katsushika Hokusai (1984), print #21; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #165
Signed
Hokusai ga
北斎画
北斎画
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Hare 3
改印：極、卯
改印：極、卯
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.