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Evening Bell in Amakusa (Amakusa no banshô), from the series Folk Customs of Japan (Nihon minzoku zufu)


日本民俗図譜 天草の晩鐘
Yamaguchi Gen (Japanese, 1896–1976)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1946 (Shôwa 21), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions 26.6 x 20.8 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1073
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Smith, Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation (2002), #53
DescriptionFrom a portfolio of 12 works by 10 artists.
The titles of the individual prints were on a separate sheet included in the portfolio.
MFA prints in the series (complete): 65.1058, 65.1061, 65.1063, 65.1065, 65.1066, 65.1070, 65.1072, 65.1073, 65.1074, 65.1075, 65.1090, 65.1099
Signed Unsigned
無款
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)