Sakai-chô, from Vol. 2 of the book Tôto shôkei ichiran (Fine Views in the Eastern Capital)

東都勝景一覧　下　「境町（さかひてう）」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

first edition: 1800 (Kansei 12)

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

Dimensions Two pages; (a): 20.5 x 14.9 cm (8 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.), (b): 20.4 x 14.8 cm (8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse

Accession NumberRES.53.248a-b

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hillier, The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration (1980), pl. 30

Signed (this picture unsigned)
無款

Provenance1953, gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1953)