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江の島遠望
Panoramic View of Enoshima, from an untitled series of Western-style landscapes
江の島遠望
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–10 (early Bunka era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal kokonotsugiri; 13.5 x 19.1 cm (5 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25002
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Hokusai (2013), #116; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #117 (this impression)
Signed
Hokusai utsusu (written horizontally)
ほくさゐうつす
ほくさゐうつす
InscriptionsPoem
「ミさかなの蚫さたをかとる海士の 水いらすにて祝ふとそ酒 月の屋成丈」
「ミさかなの蚫さたをかとる海士の 水いらすにて祝ふとそ酒 月の屋成丈」
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.