On the North American Continent, the United States, also called the Republic (Kita Amerika shû no uchi Gasshûkoku mata Kyôwa seiji shû), from an untitled series of The Five Nations

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On the North American Continent, the United States, also called the Republic (Kita Amerika shû no uchi Gasshûkoku mata Kyôwa seiji shû), from an untitled series of The Five Nations

「北亜墨利加洲之内　合衆国　又共和政治州」

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active 1848–1870)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 25 cm (14 3/8 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2005.534

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, The Foreign Residents of Yokohama (1999), cover; Yonemura, Yokohama (1990), cat. no. 38

Signed Issen Yoshikazu ga
一川芳員画

Marks Censor's seal: Dog 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：戌三改
彫師：なし

ProvenancePurchased in London between 1985 and 1999 by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf from the Japanese Gallery, Kensington Church Street; 2005, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: October 26, 2005)