Plum Blossoms and Moon, from the album Fuji in Spring (Haru no Fuji)
春の富士 月に梅
Japanese
Edo period
1803 (Kyôwa 3)
Artist Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Catalogue Raisonné
Lane, Hokusai: Life and Work (1989), pl. 39; Hillier, The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration (1980), pl. 35
Dimensions
Horizontal aiban; 21.7 x 31.8 cm (8 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
11.17607
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 11.17607, 21.10242
Signed
Gakyôjin Hokusai ga
画狂人北斎画
Provenance
By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection