The Second Meeting of the Diet in the 25th Year [of the Meiji era], Diet Building (Dai nikai nijûgonen kokkai gijidô)

「第二會廿五年國會議事堂」

Utagawa Kokunimasa (Ryûa) (Japanese, 1874–1944)
Publisher: Fukuda Kumajirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1892 (Meiji 25)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 70.3 cm (14 x 27 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.399a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Swinton, Terrific Tokyo (1999), #30; Tanba, Nishiki-e (1966), #119; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 12-3

Signed Baidô Kokunimasa hitsu
梅堂小国政筆

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.