Express Delivery Boats Rowing through Waves (Oshiokuri hatô tsûsen no zu), from an untitled series of landscapes in Western style – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Express Delivery Boats Rowing through Waves (Oshiokuri hatô tsûsen no zu), from an untitled series of landscapes in Western style

Express Delivery Boats Rowing through Waves (Oshiokuri hatô tsûsen no zu), from an untitled series of landscapes in Western style

「おしおくりはとうつうせんのず」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1800–05 (Kansei 12–Bunka 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 18.5 x 24.5 cm (7 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.6678

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Hokusai (2005), #69; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 226, horizontal chûban #2.2; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3754

Signed Hokusai egaku
ほくさゐゑかく

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.