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Accurate Depiction of a Great Catch with a Drag-net at Kujûkuri in Kazusa Province (Kazusa Kujûkuri jibikiami daigyoryô shôsha no zu)


「上総九十九里地引綱大漁猟正写之図」
Shōtei Hokuju (Japanese, 1763–1824)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–24 (Bunka 1–Bunsei 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 36.3 cm (9 5/8 x 14 5/16 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.54.107
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), pl. 142; Kobe City Art Mus., Megane-e to Tôkaidô (1984), #118; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 126
Signed Shôtei Hokuju ga
昇亭北寿画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)