Americans (Amerikajin), from the series Among the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)

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Americans (Amerikajin), from the series Among the Five Nations (Gokakoku no uchi)

「五国之内亜墨利加人」

Utagawa Kunihisa II (Japanese, 1832–1891)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 10th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.8 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2005.535

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999); Yonemura, Yokohama (1990), cat. no. 30 (earlier edition with yellow background)

Signed Kunihisa ga, in toshidama cartouche
国久画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉十改
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)