A Mirror of Japanese Nobility (Fusô kôki kagami)

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A Mirror of Japanese Nobility (Fusô kôki kagami)

「扶桑高貴鑑」

Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Fukase Kamejiro (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1887 (Meiji 20), August

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 74.1 cm (14 5/8 x 29 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.548a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #48; Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #3, photo p. 42; Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), color pl. 23 (with gray background)

Signed Ôju Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu

Marks Artist's seal: toshidama

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)