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Imperial Visit to a Horse Race (Keiba goyûran no zu)


「競馬御遊覧之図」
Utagawa Kunitaka (Japanese, active about 1854–1868)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 72.2 cm (13 15/16 x 28 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession Number53.2058-60
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: 53.2058 (left), 53.2059 (center), 53.2060 (right)
Signed Utagawa Kunitaka ga (on right and left sheets), Kunitaka ga, with toshidama seal (on center sheet)
歌川国孝画 国孝画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ei (on center sheet)
改印:亥五改
彫師:彫工栄
Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA.