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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.15.54
People
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎, Japanese (1760 - 1849)
Title
Hokusai's Album of Pictures from Nature (Hokusai shashin gafu)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Hokusai shashin gafu
Classification
Prints
Work Type
book
Date
Late Edo period, preface dated 1814
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208629

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Accordion-fold ukiyo-e woodblock-printed book; ink and light color on paper
Dimensions
closed including cover: H. 25.1 x W. 16.1 x D. 1.2 cm (9 7/8 x 6 5/16 x 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.15.54
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001

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