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Beiling Mausoleum, Liaoning, China (Hokuryô)


「北陵」
Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876–1950)
Japanese
Shôwa era
1937 (Shôwa 12)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 27.4 x 40.7 cm (10 13/16 x 16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession Number47.388
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Abe 1987, #210
DescriptionPrinted by the artist (jizuri).

Also called Zhaoling, the burial place of the second Qing emperor and empress. Became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.
Signed Yoshida (in block), Hiroshi Yoshida (romanized, in pencil in lower right margin)
Marks Artist's seal: Hiroshi
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. Among 9 prints by Yoshida (appraised along with 140 more objects) by H. Yatsuhashi, Oriental Art Dealer, 420 Boylston Street, Boston. (Accession Date: April 10, 1947)