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Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
early 1820s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Shikishiban; 20.9 x 18.3 cm (8 1/4 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20418
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mirviss, The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono (1995), #36
DescriptionPoems translated in Mirviss & Carpenter 1995, p. 136.
Signed
Hokusai aratame Iitsu hitsu
北斎改為一筆
北斎改為一筆
InscriptionsPoem by Seiyôen Kagehiro: Kadomatsu ni/ take torisoete/ otomego mo/ haru no hikari no/ tama no kanzashi
Poem by Rakuseian: Mage yui no/ momiji no Tatsuta/ waga imo ga/ haru no kazashi no/ hana ni soeteki
Poem by Rakuseian: Mage yui no/ momiji no Tatsuta/ waga imo ga/ haru no kazashi no/ hana ni soeteki
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.