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Mongols (Môkojin), from the series People of Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu tsukushi)


「外国人物尽 蒙古人(もうこじん)」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 × 25.1 cm (14 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number48.387
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDespite the title, the figures appear to be a Westerner and Chinese.
Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1948, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1948, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 13, 1948)