Cemetary at Sengaku-ji (Sengaku-ji bosho), from the series Recollections of Tokyo (Tokyo kaiko zue)

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Cemetary at Sengaku-ji (Sengaku-ji bosho), from the series Recollections of Tokyo (Tokyo kaiko zue)

東京回顧図絵　泉岳寺墓所

Azechi Umetarô (Japanese, 1902–1999)

Japanese

Shôwa era

1945 (Shôwa 20), December

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions 20 x 26.3 cm (7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. through Mrs. Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number65.1089

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Contemporary Art, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Graybill et al, The Artist's Touch, the Craftsman's Hand (Portland Art Museum cat., 2011), p. 302, #148m

DescriptionFrom a portfolio of 15 works by 9 artists, with titles of individual works on an accompanying sheet (not in MFA).
MFA prints from the portfolio (complete): 59.838, 60.38, 65.1060, 65.1067, 65.1068, 65.1083, 65.1084, 65.1085, 65.1087, 65.1088, 65.1089, 65.1091, 65.1097, 65.1098, 65.1104

Signed (seal only)

Marks Artist's seal: Ume

ProvenanceBy 1965, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA: 1965, by inheritance to his wife, Barbara Birkhoff Paine (b. 1909 - d. 1995), Cambridge, MA; 1965, gift of Mrs. Paine to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 22, 1965)