Famous Bridges of Japan, by Hokusai (Dai NIppon meikyô zu, Hokusai hitsu)

「大日本名橋図 北斎筆」 Katsushika Hokusai

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This is a fragment of a later printing of a large woodblock print depicting bridges in Japan, with a handwritten title added. MFA impressions: 11.17581 (fragment of later edition), 11.20221 (first edition, intact) The right half of a later printing of the large untitled print known as "One Hundred Bridges in a Single View," with a new title written on by hand. Credit line: William Sturgis Bigelow Collection Accession number: 11.17581 NOT