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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LA DY
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY
KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760–1849)
THE FALLING MIST WATERFALL AT
MOUNT KUROKAMI IN SHIMOTSUKE
PROVINCE (SHIMOTSUKE
KUROKAMIYAMA KIRIFURI NO TAKI)
EDO PERIOD, 19 TH CENTURY
woodblock print: ink and colour on paper,
from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various
Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), signed
Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu, published by
Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô), censor’s seal
kiwame, circa 1832
Vertical ôban:
37.9 x 26 cm., 14⅞ x 10¼ in.
Similar examples are in various museum
collections including the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.19718, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.
JP2924, and the British Museum, accession
no. 1906,1220,0.552.
£ 10,000-15,000
€ 11,300-16,900 US$ 12,500-18,700
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