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Crossing the Ice on Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshû Suwa kosui kôri watari)


「信州陬防(すわ)湖水氷渡」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–34 (Tenpô 4–5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical nagaban; 52 x 23.2 cm (20 1/2 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.19650
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Hokusai (2013), #93; TNM, Hokusai (2005), #381; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 230, naga-ôban #2
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19650, 11.19664 (key block), 21.6880
Signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu
前北斎為一筆
Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印:なし
版元:なし
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.