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America (Amerika), from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

America (Amerika), from the series Pictures of People from Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu zuga)

「外国人物図画　亜墨利加（アメリカ）」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 12th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2005.542

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999)

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 12 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：申十二改
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)