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The Tale of the Magical Fox in Three Countries (Sangoku yôko den): China


「三国妖狐伝」 唐土
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sôkakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1807 (Bunka 4), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession NumberRES.54.37
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné TNM, Hokusai (2005), #171 (the diptych for India)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete diptych, from a set of diptychs; the images for India and China are known.
Signed (Hokusai ga, on left sheet only)
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)