Korea (Chôsen) [sic; actually a Western scene], No. 2 from the series Chinese and Japanese Scenes (Tôwa keiseki)

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Korea (Chôsen) [sic; actually a Western scene], No. 2 from the series Chinese and Japanese Scenes (Tôwa keiseki)

「唐和景夕　二　朝セン」

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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.54.100

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21801 (uncut sheet of two images), RES.54.95 (right image only), RES.54.100 (left image only)

Signed Utagawa Toyoharu ga
歌川豊春画

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