Viewing the Full Moon from a Temple in Mejiro, from Vol. 2 of the book Ehon kyôka yama mata yama (Mountains of Verse) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Viewing the Full Moon from a Temple in Mejiro, from Vol. 2 of the book Ehon kyôka yama mata yama (Mountains of Verse)

Viewing the Full Moon from a Temple in Mejiro, from Vol. 2 of the book Ehon kyôka yama mata yama (Mountains of Verse)

絵本山満多山　中

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

Japanese

Edo period

first edition 1804 (Kyôwa 4/Bunka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions 19.5 x 29.7 cm (7 11/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10251

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionFrom a reprint edition with each two-page spread on a single sheet, and signature added.

Signed Hokusai hitsu

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.