Mongols (Môkojin), from the series People of Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu tsukushi) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Mongols (Môkojin), from the series People of Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu tsukushi)

Mongols (Môkojin), from the series People of Foreign Lands (Gaikoku jinbutsu tsukushi)

「外国人物尽　蒙古人（もうこじん）」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1861 (Man'en 2/Bunkyû 1), 1st month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 × 25.1 cm (14 9/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.

Accession Number48.387

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDespite the title, the figures appear to be a Westerner and Chinese.

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Chicken 1 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：酉正改
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1948, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1948, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: May 13, 1948)