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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2706
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Published by Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八
Title
Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa in Edo (Tōto Asakusa Hongan-ji), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Fugaku sanjūrokkei: Tōto Asakusa Hongan-ji
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1831
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206850

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper; with printed signature reading: "zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu"
Dimensions
24.8 x 36.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From F.W. Gookin collection
Spaulding (?) [see notation in Japanese Print Notebook]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2706
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Matthi Forrer, Hokusai: Bridging East and West (In Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Artist's Death), exh. cat., Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan, 1998), p. 66, cat. no. 76; p. 137; p. 185

Verification Level

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