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The Sacred Fountain at Castle Peak (Jôgaku reisen), from the series Eight Views of the Ryûkyû Islands (Ryûkyû hakkei)


「琉球八景 城獄霊泉」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.8 x 38 cm (10 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6708
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Seifman, "Islands ...," Andon 106 (2018), fig.8a; Hokusai Updated (2019), #352; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #21.7
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.806, 21.6708
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.