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Shrimp and Seaweed


海老
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 12 x 17.8 cm (4 3/4 x 7 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.11.5755
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPage from an album formerly numbered 29198.
Pages re-numbered individually, RES.11.5754 to RES.11.5759 and 1997.617 to 1997.649 .
Signed Hokusai ga
北斎画
Marks Artist's seal: Baka
ProvenanceBy 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.