Illustration of the Principal Dignitaries of Japan (Nihon chûseki kiken no zu)

「日本柱石貴顯之圖」

Tôshû Shôgetsu (Japanese, active about 1870–1900)
Publisher: Higuchi Gintarô (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1891 (Meiji 24), January

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 73.2 cm (14 1/16 x 28 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.530a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #21, photo p. 63; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #44, photo p. 32

Signed Tôshû Shôgetsu
東洲勝月

Marks Artist's seal: Shôgetsu

ProvenancePreviously owned by various dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.