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「琉球八景 中島蕉園」
Banana Garden at Nakashima (Nakashima shôen), from the series Eight Views of the Ryûkyû Islands (Ryûkyû hakkei)
「琉球八景 中島蕉園」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 24.4 x 36.6 cm (9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number15.173
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Seifman, "Islands ...," Andon 106 (2018), fig. 2a; Hokusai Updated (2019), #354; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #21.8
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.804 (deaccessioned in 2019), 15.173, 21.6704
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
ProvenanceBy 1915, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1915, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 17, 1915)
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.