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「新渡舶来之大象」
Great Elephant Recently Imported from Overseas (Shin tohakurai no dai zô)
「新渡舶来之大象」
Utagawa Yoshitoyo (Japanese, 1830–1866)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.1 × 48.7 cm (14 3/16 × 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5011.53a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMounted in an album of 55 prints with the hand-written title "The Road to the Capital, Spring 1863" (Bunkyû san haru no miyako michi).
画帳 「文久三春の都路」
画帳 「文久三春の都路」
Signed
Ichiryûsai Yoshitoyo ga (on each sheet)
一龍斎芳豊画
一龍斎芳豊画
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅二改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：寅二改
彫師：なし