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Boys Sailing Model Boats on a Pond (Danji chijô ni kobune o ukasu)


「男兒池上ニ小舟を浮す」
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu) (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Publisher: Yokoyama Ryôhachi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Noguchi Enkatsu (Japanese, 1826–1893)
Japanese
Meiji era
1887 (Meiji 20), October

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 70 cm (14 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.494a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #51; Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #4, photo p. 43; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #8, photo p. 14
Signed Yôshû Chikanobu hitsu (on left sheet)
楊洲周延筆
Marks Artist's seal: toshidama
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Enkatsu
ProvenancePurchased between 1985 and 1999, probably in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)