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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2755
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
Evening Glow at Setta (Setta no yūshō), from the series Eight Views of Lake Biwa (ōmi hakkei)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: ōmi hakkei: Setta no yūshō
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Late Edo period, circa 1800-1802
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in the "chūban" format; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
23 x 17.3 cm (9 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Hokusai ga

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
1933.4.2755
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. 55, cat. no. 59; p. 136; p. 186

Verification Level

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