Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Old View of the Boat-Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province | Edo period, 19th century
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March 23, 02:18 PM GMT
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5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
Old View of the Pontoon Bridge at Sano in Kozuke Province (Kozuke Sano funabashi no kozu)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyo kiran), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo) (no publisher's mark on this impression), circa 1834, framed and glazed
38.8 x 50 cm., 15⅜ x 19¾ in. (including the frame)
25 x 36.4 cm., 9⅞ x 14⅜ in. (excluding the frame)
A line of boats joined together side-by-side using plank forms a ‘boat bridge’ (funabashi) in this snow-covered landscape. This type of bridge was not uncommon, but the boat bridge at Sano in Kozuke province depicted here was especially well known.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.30089, go to: