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Ôtsu, from an untitled series of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road


東海道五十三次 「大津」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal kokonotsugiri (one-ninth ôban); 12.8 x 17.6 cm (5 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10290
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Toraya, Atsumeru tanoshimi (Yoshida coll., 2012), p. 96; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 225, horizontal koban #3.59
DescriptionStation 54, from the first edition, with kyôka poems.
MFA impressions: First edition, with kyôka poems: 21.10290
Later edition: 21.10340, 34.304
Signed Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from S. Mori; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.