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東京回顧図絵 夜の銀座
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Ginza at Night (Yoru no Ginza), from the series Recollections of Tokyo (Tokyo kaiko zue)
東京回顧図絵 夜の銀座
Kawakami Sumio (Japanese, 1895–1972)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1945 (Shôwa 20), December
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
19.8 x 26.1 cm (7 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number59.838
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Feminine and Independent (Amsterdam, Nihon no hanga exh. cat. 5, 2011), cat. no. 18; Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 301, #148l; Smith, The J. Print since 1900 (1983), #87, photo p. 36
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
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無款
無款
ProvenanceBy 1959, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1959, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: November 12, 1959)