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名所絵 上野
Ueno, from an untitled series of Famous Places (Meisho)
名所絵 上野
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1801–04 (Kyôwa 1–4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban with upper part cut off; 18.9 x 36.8 cm (7 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.36
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hokusai Updated (2019), #76; Katsukawa Shunshô (Ôta Mus. cat., 2016), #185; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #63; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 226; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #14.2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.10274, RES.54.36 (with top cut off)
From a series of figures in landscape settings, most of which have an individual title in seal script at the upper right.
From a series of figures in landscape settings, most of which have an individual title in seal script at the upper right.
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Gakyôjin
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)