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Moonlight on the Sumida River in Edo (Tōto Sumida no tsuki), from the series Snow, Moon, and Flowers at Famous Scenic Spots (Shōkei setsugekka)


「勝景雪月花 東都 隅田の月」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Akamatsuya Shōtarō (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832–33 (Tenpō 3–4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal koban; 12.5 x 17 cm (4 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9233
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #355-2; Ukiyo-e shūka 16 (1981), p. 224, horizontal koban #19.2
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.