Whaling off the Gotô Islands (Gotô kujira tsuki), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)

「千絵の海　五島鯨突」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1833 (Tenpô 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban; 19 x 26 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Katharine Lane Weems

Accession Number1989.668

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 226, horizontal chûban #3.10

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.6694, 1989.668

Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆

Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし

Provenance1989, bequest of Katharine Lane Weems (1899-1989) to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1989)