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Banshô shashin zufu yonhen


万象写真図譜 四編
Utagawa Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1873)
Blockcutter: Nakamura Shuntai (Japanese)
Publisher: Sonoharaya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Publisher: Wakabayashi Kihei (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamakiya Seishichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirō (Shōrindō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō) (Japanese)
Publisher: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hanabusaya Bunzô
Publisher: Suharaya Ihachi (Seireikaku) (Japanese)
Publisher: Okamuraya Shôsuke (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Kin'emon (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumoji Manjirô (Japanese)
Publisher: Chôjiya Heibei (Bunkeidô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Harimaya Shôgorô (Katsugorô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Masakichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Kichibei (Japanese)
Publisher: Uchinoya Yaheiji (Hakuetsudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Okadaya Kashichi (Japanese)
Publisher: Suharaya Shinbei (Kobayashi Shinbei, Sûzanbô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Sahei
Publisher: Suharaya Mohei (Senshôbô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (in preface as Ganji 1, endpaper as Bunkyû 4)
Medium/Technique Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 11.8 cm (7 x 4 5/8 in.); chûbon
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams
Accession Number2019.1182
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Signed artist signature: Gyokuransai Sadahide ga
玉蘭斎貞秀画
ProvenanceBy 1918, Henry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; gift of the Estate of Henry Adams to the MFA [see note]. (Accession date: October 7, 2019)

NOTE:
The Museum's object ledger lists this book as a gift of the Estate of Henry Adams, but does not include the date. Possibly given on January 22, 1920 with other objects donated by the Estate on that date.