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絵入折手本 「不二見原」 （北斎の富岳三十六景に基いた）
Paper for a Folded Calligraphy Copybook: Fuji View Plain (Fujimi-ga-hara)
絵入折手本 「不二見原」 （北斎の富岳三十六景に基いた）
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
17.8 x 36.3 cm (7 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number49.644
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a series based on selected designs from Hokusai's "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji," for use as folded calligraphy copybooks (eiri ori tehon). The MFA has 8 prints (49.640 to 49.647) from what was apparently a set of 12; a complete (?) set is in the Irie Collection at the Hyôgo Prefectural History Museum.
Compare the Hokusai print Fuji View Plain in Owari Province (Bishû Fujimi-ga-hara): 11.17648, 11.17649, 21.6785, 34.311
Compare the Hokusai print Fuji View Plain in Owari Province (Bishû Fujimi-ga-hara): 11.17648, 11.17649, 21.6785, 34.311
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無款
Provenance1949, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession date: September 15, 1949)