Hanging-Cloud Bridge on Mount Gyodo at Ashikaga, from the series Wondrous Views of Famous Bridges in Various Provinces Artist: Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)

18th–19th century

Asian Art

葛飾北斎 「諸国名橋奇覧 足利行動山くものかけはし」 浮世絵錦絵 江戸時代

Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

9 15/16 × 14 7/8 in. (25.2 × 37.8 cm)

Credit Line

Anonymous gift

Accession Number

1948.84

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Private Collection, New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1948
Bibliography
  • Katsushika Hokusai, The Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji; Eijudo Miniature Edition (Tokyo: Takamizawa Ukiyo-e Co., Ltd, 1823–1831),
Object copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Censor's seal: Kiwame 極 (round, relief, lower left); publisher's seal: Eiju-dō 永寿堂 (square, relief, lower left)

Inscriptions

Shokoku Meikyō Kiran: Ashikaga Gyōdōzan Kumo no Kakehashi 諸国名橋奇覧 足利行動山 くも能可け者し (upper left)

Signed

Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (brushed by Iitsu, formerly Hokusai) 前北斎為一筆 (upper left)

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