China (Nankin) and France, from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

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China (Nankin) and France, from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

「外国人物図画　南京　仏蘭西」

Utagawa Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833–1904)
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirô (Maruya Tetsujirô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 2nd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2005.540

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999); Yonemura, Yokohama (1990), cat. no. 35

Signed Ikkeisai Yoshiiku ga
一恵斎芳幾画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉二改
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)