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石神井公園の三宝寺池
Three Treasures Temple Pond (Sanpô-ji ike) at Shakujii Park
石神井公園の三宝寺池
Maekawa Senpan (Japanese, 1888–1960)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1930s–50s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
38.3 x 47 cm (15 1/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1131
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionA monochrome print with the same composition but different blocks: Smith, Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation (2002), #31.
Smith identifies the monochrome ink print as "Three Treasures Pond at Shakujii (Shakujii Sampô-ike), from the fourth First Thursday Collection (Ichimoku-shû)." It is not clear whether the color version was made earlier or later.
Smith identifies the monochrome ink print as "Three Treasures Pond at Shakujii (Shakujii Sampô-ike), from the fourth First Thursday Collection (Ichimoku-shû)." It is not clear whether the color version was made earlier or later.
Signed
Maekawa Sempan (in Japanese, in block), Senpan Maekawa (in romanization, in pencil in lower right margin)
前川千帆
前川千帆
ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.