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The Front Entrance of the Tsukiji Hotel in Tokyo (Tôkyô Tsukiji Hoterukan omotegake no zu)


「東京築地ホテル舘表掛之圖」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Iseya Kisaburô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1870 (Meiji 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 73.5 cm (14 1/2 x 28 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.536a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #10; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #51, photo p. 11
Signed Môsai Yoshitora ga
孟斎芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Horse 8 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:午八改
彫師:なし
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)