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「泰平有名鑑」
Mirror of Famous People in Peaceful Times (Taihei yûmei kagami)
「泰平有名鑑」
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi (Sawamuraya Seikichi) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi (Sawamuraya Seikichi) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Asai Ginjirô (Hori Gin) (Japanese, 1844–1894)
Japanese
Meiji era
about 1878 (Meiji 11)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 73.3 cm (14 7/16 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.516a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #47; Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #1, photo p. 39; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #30, no photo
Signed
Toyohara Kunichika hitsu
豊原国周筆
豊原国周筆
Marks
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô
Artist's seal: toshidama
彫師：彫工銀次郎
Artist's seal: toshidama
彫師：彫工銀次郎
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)