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Tanabata Decorations, from Vol. 2 of the book Ehon kyôka yama mata yama (Mountains of Verse)


絵本山満多山 中
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
first edition 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 19.8 x 29.8 cm (7 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10248
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a reprint edition with each two-page spread on a single sheet, and signature added.
Signed Hokusai hitsu
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.