Illustration of the Opening Ceremony of the Union Horse Racing Club's Racetrack around Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park (Ueno Shinobazu kyôdô keiba kaisha kaigyôshiki no zu)

「上野不忍共同競馬會社開業式之圖」

Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Yorozuya Magobei (Ôkura Magobei, Kin'eidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1884 (Meiji 17), registered October 24

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 x 70.6 cm (14 3/16 x 27 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.491a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #5, photo p. 44; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #5, photo p. 15; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 9 (1977), pp. 32-33; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 6 (1936), pp. 14-5

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18168-70, 2000.491a-c

Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu
楊洲周延筆

Marks Artist's seal: toshidama

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