Lord Higashiyama Yoshimasa's Excursion to Yoshino (Higashiyama Yoshimasa kô Yoshino no yûran no zu)

「東山義政公吉野遊覧之図」

Utagawa Yoshimori (Japanese, 1830–1884)
Publisher: Ômiya Kyûjirô (Kiyûdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 76.8 cm (14 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Michael and Barbara Stedman in memory of Pauline Epstein

Accession Number2009.5124a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 2 (1977), pp. 88-9

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2009.5011a-c, 2009.5124a-c

Signed Ikkôsai Yoshimori ga (on each sheet)
一光斎芳盛画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 3 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi (on left sheet)
改印：亥三改
彫師：太田彫多七

ProvenanceBetween 1985 and 1995, gift of Pauline Epstein (d. 1995) to her daughter and son-in law, Barbara and Michael Stedman; 2009, gift of Barbara and Michael Stedman to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2009)