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東京回顧図会 明治神宮
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Meiji Shrine, from the series Recollections of Tokyo (Tokyo kaiko zue)
東京回顧図会 明治神宮
Yamaguchi Gen (Japanese, 1896–1976)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1945 (Shôwa 20), December
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
20.4 x 27.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number65.1098
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 296, #148c; Smith, Japanese Prints During the Allied Occupation (2002), #41
DescriptionFrom a portfolio of 15 works by 9 artists, with titles of individual works on an accompanying sheet (not in MFA).
MFA prints from the portfolio (complete): 59.838, 60.38, 65.1060, 65.1067, 65.1068, 65.1083, 65.1084, 65.1085, 65.1087, 65.1088, 65.1089, 65.1091, 65.1097, 65.1098, 65.1104
MFA prints from the portfolio (complete): 59.838, 60.38, 65.1060, 65.1067, 65.1068, 65.1083, 65.1084, 65.1085, 65.1087, 65.1088, 65.1089, 65.1091, 65.1097, 65.1098, 65.1104
Signed
(seal only)
Marks
Artist's seal: Gen
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)