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Lion and Cub

(Japanese, 1826–1869)
early 1860s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban, upright diptych; 70.8 x 23.3 cm (27 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich
Accession number47.20
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1947, gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich to the MFA. (Accession date: January 9, 1947)
Shiba Shinmei Shrine, from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu)
1858 (Ansei 5), 10th month