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View of Mitsumata in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Mitsumata no zu), from a series View of...in the Eastern Capital (Tôto...no zu)


「東都三つ股の図」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1831 (Tenpô 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25 x 37 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.308
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #261; MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #124; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #209; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #187; Suzuki 1992, #25; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 19
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.2266 (deaccessioned in 2019), 54.308
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)