Banner design (?): Han Xin Crawling under the Bully's Legs
Katsushika Hokusai
(Japanese, 1760–1849)
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper, with red pigment (for transfer?) on back
DimensionsHeight x width: 835 × 63 cm (328 3/4 × 24 13/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.46038
On View
On viewClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 26, 2022)
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.
Artist unknown, Japanese
April 17, 1862 issue, dated September 23, 1862
early 19th
