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A Foreigner Studying at Night (Gaikokujin yogaku no zu), from an untitled series of activities of foreigners


「外国人夜学之図」
Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 10th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34 x 22 cm (13 3/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2005.537
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999); Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 2 (1977), p. 62
Signed Issen Yoshikazu ga
一川芳員画
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 10 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申十改
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)