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Thunderstorm, from the series One Hundred Comic Poems (Fûryû odoke hyakku)


風流おどけ百句 雷
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1811 (Bunka 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions 11.1 x 17 cm (4 3/8 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28571
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Nagoya City Mus., Hokusai (1991), #34; the series: Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.73.1-3 (this design not shown); Dai Hokusai ten (1993), prints #149-156 (this design not shown); Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 224, horizontal koban #17 (this design not listed)
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.