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Sumida River (Sumidagawa), from the series Kyochika's Comic Pictures of Famous Places (Kiyochika giboku odoke meisho)


「清親戯墨おどけ名所 隅田川」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Hara Taneaki (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1883 (Meiji 16), April

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.8 × 50.6 cm (14 1/2 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession Number2023.377a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed (artist's name in title on right sheet and in publication information on left sheet)
ProvenanceSeptember 22, 2005, anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 102, to an anonymous collector; 2023, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 2023)