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Accurate Depiction of Fuji (Shashin no Fuji), reproduction of two pages of Fugaku hyakkei, from the book Chûko meika gachô, Hokusai iga no bu

(Japanese, 1843–1890)
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
(Japanese)
1885 (Meiji 18)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions24.2 x 31.5 cm (9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.17609
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

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.
Wrapper for the book Banbutsu hinagata gafu
Kobayashi Eitaku
about 1880–81 (Meiji 13–14)