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View of Tsukuda Island (Tsukudajima no kei), from the series The Eastern Capital (Tôto)


「東都佃島之景」
Shôtei Hokuju (Japanese, 1763–1824)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1804–24 (Bunka 1–Bunsei 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.6 x 36.5 cm (10 1/16 x 14 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number50.275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musée Guimet II (1990), pl. 140; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 3 (1963), #3911; Toyama, The Western-style Colour Prints in Japan (1936), pl. 129 (Yamamotoya ed.)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1157 (pub. Nishimuraya Yohachi), 11.25140 (Yamamotoya Heikichi), 50.275 (Nishimuraya Yohachi)
Signed Hokuju ga
北寿画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1950, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: March 9, 1950)