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Imaginary Version of the Yoshino River Scene in the Play Imoseyama

Imaginary Version of the Yoshino River Scene in the Play Imoseyama

見立妹背山吉野川の場面

Katsukawa Shunchô (Japanese, active about 1780–1801)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

late 1780s

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 25 cm (14 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5944

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Rijksmuseum, Age of Utamaro (1979), #38; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 2 (1962), #1709 (R sheet only)

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych.
MFA impressions: 11.14750VR (complete triptych: 11.14750, 11.14765, 11.14766), 11.14751 (right sheet), 21.5944 (left sheet)

Signed Shunchô ga
春潮画

Marks Artist's seal: Chûrin

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.