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「扶桑高貴鑑」
A Mirror of Japanese Nobility (Fusô kôki kagami)
「扶桑高貴鑑」
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)