(Kachô sansui) Hokuju gafu (An Album of Pictures of Nature and Landscapes by Hokuju)
Katsushika Hokuju
(Japanese, active 1840s–1850s)
Chôjiya Heibei (Bunkeidô)
(Japanese)
(undated)
Medium/Techniquewoodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 18.3 x 12.2 cm (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.); chûbon
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2019.1184
On View
Not on viewClassificationsIllustrated books
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; By 1926, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 7, 2019)
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.
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.
Katsushika Hokuju
(undated)
Katsushika Hokuju
Censorship seal: 11/1852
Katsushika Taito II
preface to volume 1: 1827 (Bunsei 10); preface to volume 3: 1835 (Tenpô 6); preface to volume 4: 1850 (Kaei 3)
Katsushika Taito II
prefaces to volumes 1 and 2: 1835 (kinoto hitsuji)
Katsushika Hokusai
1821