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Fugaku hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji), Volumes 1–2


富嶽百景
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Eirakuya Tôshirô (Tôhekidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Kadomaruya Jinsuke (Shûseikaku) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Nishimura Yûzô (Japanese, Edo period)
Author of preface: Ryûtei Tanehiko (Japanese, 1783–1842)
Author of preface: Rozan Eko (Japanese, 1865–1944)
Japanese
Edo period
1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Dimensions 22.5 x 15.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
Accession Number1997.809.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #159; Keyes, Ehon (2006), #54; Kokusho sômokuroku, rev. ed., vol. 7 (1990), p. 18; Hillier, Art of Hokusai in Book Illus. (1980), list no. 241; Toda, Ryerson Library cat. (1931), p. 262
Signed Nanajûrokusai saki no Hokusai iitsu aratame gakyô rôjin Manji hitsu (at end of each volume)
七十六齢 前北斎為一改 画狂老人卍筆
ProvenanceBetween about 1897 and 1907, probably acquired in Japan by Charles J. Morse (b. 1852 - d. 1911), Evanston, IL; by descent to his son, Jared Kirtland Morse (b. 1886 - d. 1949) and his wife, Caroline Roberts Morse (b. 1907 - d. 1982), Cromwell, CT; gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 31, 1998)