A Steam Engine on the Railroad at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudô jôkisha no zenzu) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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A Steam Engine on the Railroad at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudô jôkisha no zenzu)

A Steam Engine on the Railroad at Takanawa (Takanawa tetsudô jôkisha no zenzu)

「髙輪銕道蒸氣車之全圖」

Shôsai Ikkei (Japanese, active 1860s–70s)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1872 (Meiji 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 75.2 cm (13 15/16 x 29 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.385a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #53; Swinton, Terrific Tokyo (1999), #4; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 3 (1935), pp. 56-7

Signed Shôsai Ikkei hitsu
昇斎一景筆

ProvenancePurchased between 1985 and 1999, probably in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)