Illustration of the Main Gate at Aoyama During the Funeral Ceremony (Aoyama Gotaisô shikijô sômonzen no zu)

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Illustration of the Main Gate at Aoyama During the Funeral Ceremony (Aoyama Gotaisô shikijô sômonzen no zu)

「青山御大葬式場総門前の図」

Yasuda Hanpo (Japanese, 1889–1947)
Publisher: Takekawa Unokichi (Unosuke) (Japanese)

Japanese

Taishô era

1912 (Meiji 45/Taishô 1)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.2 x 76.5 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.505a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #122; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #19, no photo; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 12 (1978), pp. 102-3

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.288a-c, 2000.505a-c

Signed Hanpo kinga (respectfully drawn by Hanpo)
半哺謹画

Marks Blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal

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)