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)

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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

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

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