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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1748
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Printed by Inachô (c. 1790 - c. 1820)
Title
Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin), with poems by Raiyō-an, Asakusa-an, Asakura-an and Noki no Shirane
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Shichifukujin
Classification
Prints
Work Type
surimono, print
Date
Edo period, 1809
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/207922

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock-printed "surimono" in "chūban" format; Ink, color and metallic pigment on paper
Dimensions
Paper: H. 20.6 cm x W. 26.3 cm (8 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Katsushika 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
1933.4.1748
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore Robert Bowie and James T. Kenney, Art of the Surimono, exh. cat., Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN, 1979), Cat. No. 104 / pp. 168-169

Verification Level

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