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 This is the middle panel of a triptych.

 

 

 Triptych title:

Futami-ga-ura no kōkei

(Splendid View at Futami-ga-ura)

 

 

Carver: As yet unidentified

 

 

Publisher:

Yamadaya Shōjirō

山田屋庄次郎

We want to thank our contributor J.Z. for bringing

the name of the publisher to our attention.

 

 

Size: 14 3/4" x 10"

 

 

Date: 1854, 12th Month

 

 There are other complete examples of this triptych at  

the British Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Other copies of this sheet

  are in the Van Gogh Museum

and another one in the collection of
the National Museums of Scotland.

 

Condition: Excellent, great color

 

 

NO LONGER AVAILABLE!

 

 

     
   
     

 

Yamadaya Shōjirō

Publisher's seal

Date Seal (on the left)

represents the 12th Month, 1854

Aratame or "examined

(on the right)

Carver's Seal

 

 

 

 

 

     
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above is an example of the full triptych.

 

 

 

 

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