Dry-goods Store at Honchô (Honchô gofukuya)

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Dry-goods Store at Honchô (Honchô gofukuya)

「本朝ごふく屋」

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)

Japanese

Edo period

early 1780s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal yotsugiri (quarter ôban); 12.5 x 17 cm (4 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession NumberRES.54.88

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mueller et al., Competition and Collaboration (2007), #27; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 13 (1991), Köln pl. 35

DescriptionThere is no publisher's mark, but since this work is similar to the series series Chinese and Japanese Scenes (Tôwa keiseki), it was probably also published by Nishimuraya Yohachi.

Signed Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)