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Surveying a Region (Chihô sokuryô no zu)


「地方測量之図」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal double ôban (ôbaiban); 37.5 x 53.5 cm (14 3/4 x 21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6875
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #440; Calza, Hokusai (2003), VI.21; San Francisco, Hokusai & Hiroshige (1998), #89; Nagata, Katsushika Hokusai (1984), print #73; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, ô-ôban #12; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 8 (1981), #215
Signed Ôju yowai hachijûkyûsai Manji rôjin hitsu (On request, by the 89-year-old Manji)
応需齢八十九歳卍老人筆
ProvenanceFebruary 1916, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.