Giant Bamboo Shoot Appearing from the Snow, from an untitled series of blue (aizuri) prints

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Giant Bamboo Shoot Appearing from the Snow, from an untitled series of blue (aizuri) prints

雪中の筍

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1831 (Tenpô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (aizuri-e); color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.7 x 16.5 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10232

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #374; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #23.4

Signed Saki no Hokusai hitsu
前北斎筆

ProvenanceDecember 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.