Travel during the Rule of the Shoguns: Crossing a River (Bakufu dôchû kawagoe no zu), from the series A Look at the Old Days in Color Prints (Kanko Azuma nishiki)

「歓古東錦　幕府道中川越之図」

Tôshû Shôgetsu (Japanese, active about 1870–1900)
Publisher: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

about 1889 (Meiji 22)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 71.3 cm (14 3/16 × 28 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous Gift

Accession NumberRES.53.51-3

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTriptych: RES.53.51 (left), RES.53.52 (center), RES.53.53 (right)

Signed Tôshû Shôgetsu
東洲勝月

Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA.