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牡丹に胡蝶
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牡丹に胡蝶
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1809–11 (Bunka 6–8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Ebangire; 19.5 x 52.6 cm (7 11/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20428
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), #122
Signed
Katsushika Hokusai ga
かつしか北斎画
かつしか北斎画
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.