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生け花の会
Exhibition of Flower Arrangements in a Room Overlooking the Sumida River
生け花の会
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1800–05
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ebangire; 19.1 x 52 cm (7 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19658
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #120; Forrer, Surimono (2013), #108; Keyes, Art of Surimono (Chester Beatty cat., 1985), vol. 1, #176
DescriptionThe second of three states of the print identified by Keyes.
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
画狂人北斎画
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.