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「琉球八景 中島蕉園」
Banana Garden at Nakashima (Nakashima shôen), from the series Eight Views of the Ryûkyû Islands (Ryûkyû hakkei)
「琉球八景 中島蕉園」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1832 (Tenpô 3)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.4 x 36.9 cm (10 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Seifman, "Islands ...," Andon 106 (2018), fig. 2a; Hokusai Updated (2019), #354; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 229, horizontal ôban #21.8
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.804 (deaccessioned in 2019), 15.173, 21.6704
Signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
前北斎為一筆
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.