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百橋一覧
One Hundred Bridges in a Single View
百橋一覧
Japanese
Edo period
about 1823 (Bunsei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
43.2 x 56.9 cm (17 x 22 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20221
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark et al, Hokusai: Beyond ... (2017), #74; MFA, Hokusai (2013), #87; Hokusai: The Peter Morse Collection of Sumida City (2009), #258; Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), #262
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17581 (fragment of later edition), 11.20221 (first edition, intact)
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Combined seal of artist and publisher: Hokusai aratame Iitsu/Eijudô/Nishimura no in
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.