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盆踊り
Bon Festival Dance
盆踊り
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1810 (Bunka 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; image: 110.2 x 14.1 cm (43 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.); mounted: 167 x 24.1 cm (65 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.45724
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM, Hokusai (2005), #115; Calza, Hokusai (2003), III.72; Dai Hokusai ten (1993), p. 182, surimono #55; Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (1989), list #119, pl. 195; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 11, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Genoa, II (1989), pl. 104
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
画狂人北斎画
InscriptionsPoems
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.
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.