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「北亜墨利加洲之内 合衆国 又共和政治州」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2005.534
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999), cover; Yonemura, Yokohama (1990), cat. no. 38
Signed Issen Yoshikazu ga
一川芳員画
Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:戌三改
彫師:なし
ProvenancePurchased in London between 1985 and 1999 by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf from the Japanese Gallery, Kensington Church Street; 2005, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: October 26, 2005)