Illustration of the Steam Train Railroad between Tokyo and Yokohama (Tôkyô Yokohama jôkisha tetsudô no zu)

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Illustration of the Steam Train Railroad between Tokyo and Yokohama (Tôkyô Yokohama jôkisha tetsudô no zu)

「東京横濱蒸氣車鉄道之圖」

Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1875 (Meiji 8), September (?)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.5 x 72 cm (14 3/8 x 28 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.549a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #9, photo p. 49

Signed Ryûsai Hiroshige ga
立斎広重画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 9 (?)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥九ヵ
彫師：なし

Inscriptions

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)