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The Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Gohyaku Rakan), from the series One Hundred Beautiful Women at Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho hyakunin bijo)


「江戸名所百人美女 五百羅かん」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Other artist: Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1857 (Ansei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.1 x 25.2 cm (14 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.829
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.829, 11.15273, 11.42259
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Kunihisa ga (inset)
豊国画(年玉枠)、国久画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 11
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、巳十一
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)