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「國開假議事堂眞景」
True View of the Opening of the Temporary Diet Building (Kokkai kari gijidô shinkei)
「國開假議事堂眞景」
Japanese
Meiji era
1890 (Meiji 23), October
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 70.2 cm (14 1/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.397a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #19, photo p. 61; Swinton, Terrific Tokyo (1999), #28; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 10 (1977), pp. 70-1
Signed
Ginkô utsusu
ProvenancePrevious to 2000, purchased by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)