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Ship from Russia (Oroshiya-koku)


「おろしや国」
Matsumoto Yasuoki (Gengendô I) (Japanese, 1786–1867)
With: Okada Shuntôsai (Japanese, active about 1830–60)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century

Medium/Technique Copperplate etching; ink on paper
Dimensions 16 x 21.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession NumberRES.60.9
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThe Japanese title is written on the flag flown by the ship.
Signed "Goengendo" (=Gengendô, in lower left margin); "Soeigetoedo fan" (=Suigetsudô han[?], in lower right margin)
ProvenanceBy 1932, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1960, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1960)

NOTE: Lent by Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA in 1932.