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American Woman (Amerika nyonin), from the series Foreigners Enjoying Themselves (Gaikokujin yûgyô no zu)


「外国人遊行之図 亜墨利加女人」
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2005.543
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999)
Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画
Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:酉正改
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)