Lot Essay
For another impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to www.mfa.org/collections accession number 46.1405
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Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)
Color woodcut; a large cargo boat lying at anchor while a boatman empties a pail of water over the side, blue outline, signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)
Oban yoko-e (25.5 x 37.6 cm.)
Joshu Ushibori (Fuji from Ushibori in Hitachi province), from the series Fugaku sanjurokkei (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji)
Color woodcut; a large cargo boat lying at anchor while a boatman empties a pail of water over the side, blue outline, signed Zen Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo)
Oban yoko-e (25.5 x 37.6 cm.)