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Russians (Oroshiyajin), from the series People of Five Nations (Gokakoku jinbutsu no uchi)

Russians (Oroshiyajin), from the series People of Five Nations (Gokakoku jinbutsu no uchi)

「五ヶ国人物之内　魯西亜（おろしや）人」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25 cm (14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number48.388

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉二改
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)