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The Summit of Mount Fuji in Great Japan (Dai Nihon Fujisan zetchô no zu)


「大日本富士山絶頂之図」
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), intercalary 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.7 × 74.7 cm (14 7/16 × 29 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37417a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Gountei Sadahide hitsu (on right and left sheets only)
五雲亭貞秀筆
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake intercalary 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳壬五
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.