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The Falls at Aoigaoka in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Aoigaoka no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri)


「諸国滝廻り 東都葵ヶ岡の滝」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 24.5 cm (14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25225
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #61; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #98; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, vertical ôban #20.4; Keyes, Oriental Art 18.2 (Summer 1972)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.25225, 21.6688
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.