Bon odori (Dances for the Bon Festival)

盆踊

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Author of text: Ranjatei Kaoru (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

early 19th century

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Dimensions Overall: 20.6 x 15.1 cm (8 1/8 x 5 15/16 in.); hanshibon

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number1997.912.4

NOT ON VIEW

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #132; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 93

Signed Artist (illustrations): Hokusai ga; Gakyôjin Hokusai
（絵）北斎画; 画狂人北斎

Marks Artist's seal: Gakyôjin
画家印：画狂人

ProvenanceBy 1916, registered in MFA ledgers. (Accession date: July 31, 1998)