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Newly Published Pictures: The Story of Momotarô, The Foxes' Wedding (Shinpan Momotarô no hanashi, Kitsune no yomeiri)

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
1857 (Ansei 4), 4th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1391
On View
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)
Shiba Shinmei Shrine, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month