The Gate of the Shimabara (Shimabara deguchi kôkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Gate of the Shimabara (Shimabara deguchi kôkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)

The Gate of the Shimabara (Shimabara deguchi kôkei), from the series Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)

「都名所之内　島原出口光景」

Hasegawa Sadanobu I (Japanese, 1809–1879)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1870–71 (Meiji 3–4)

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

Dimensions Horizontal koban (half aiban); 18.2 × 24.5 cm (7 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016

Accession Number2016.1321

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.36386, 2016.1321

Signed Sadanobu ga
貞信画

ProvenanceFebruary 1, 2012, sold by Peter Gilder, Arts and Design of Japan, San Francisco, CA, to Anne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)