Ikeda Eisen
Mt. Fuji from Suruga

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Artist Ikeda Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)Japanese, 1790–1848

CultureJapanese

Titles

Mt. Fuji from Suruga
from the series Snow on Mt. Fuji
Suruga no fuji
from the series Fuji no yuki

Datec. 1830

MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on Japanese paper

DimensionsSheet: 15 × 9 13/16 in. (38.1 × 24.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Maureen and Melvyn Hetzel

Object number2021.12

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Asian Art

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Provenance[Scholten Japanese Art, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and printed in black ink, in block, bottom right: 渓斎英泉画 (Keisai Eisen ga)
Recto: Censor's seal: printed in black ink, in block, bottom center: 極 (Kiwame)
Recto: Publisher's seal: printed in black ink, in block, bottom center:若 [in a diamond] (Waka - Wakasaya Yoichi (若狹屋与市)
Recto: Series title: printed within a blue cartouche, in block, top left: 婦慈の雪 (Fuji no yuki)
Recto: Print title: printed in black ink, in block, top left: 駿河の富士 (Suruga no fuji)

Recto: Collection stamp in red ink, bottom left corner: [unidentified]
Verso: Collection stamp in red ink, bottom left corner: [unidentified]

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