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Shrine in Snow


雪中の神社
Hôtei Gosei (Japanese, active about 1804–1844)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–1810 (Bunka 1–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Kokonotsugiri; 14.5 x 18.4 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.20579
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe artist used the name Hôtei Hokuga until 1810.
Signed Hokuga ga
北鵞画
Marks Artist's seals
InscriptionsPoem by Yomo no Utagaki
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.