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Singing by the Plum Garden (Baien shôka zu)


「梅園唱歌図」
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Ômori Kakutarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1887 (Meiji 20), December

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 x 71.6 cm (13 15/16 x 28 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich
Accession NumberRES.53.82-4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #50; Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), fig. 96; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 9 (1977), pp. 100-2 (foldout); Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #109
DescriptionTriptych: RES.53.82 (left), RES.53.83 (center), RES.53.84 (right)
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu (on right sheet only)
楊洲周延筆
Marks Artist's seal: toshidama
Provenance1953, gift of Louis Aaron Lebowich (b. 1880), Boston, to the MFA. Purchased by the donor in the United States, early 1950's. (Accession Date: September 10, 1953)