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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.783.1
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku hyakkei), Vol. 1
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Fugaku hyakkei
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Edo period, 1834 (Tempō 5)
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210982

Physical Descriptions

Medium
The first of a pair of thread-bound ukiyo-e woodblock-printed books in "hanshi-bon" format; ink on paper with signature reading "Gakyōrōjin Manji hitsu"
Dimensions
Closed: H. 22.8 cm x W. 15.8 cm x D. 1.2 cm (9 x 6 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Gakyōrōjin Manji hitsu (with seal)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.783.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 135

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