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Today's Special, from the series 31 Flavors Invading Japan

Today's Special, from the series 31 Flavors Invading Japan

(American (born in Japan), born in 1936)
1981–2 (Shôwa 56–7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 27.5 x 42 cm (10 13/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Elizabeth de Sabato Swinton and Neil Swinton
Accession number2014.1538
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1988, sold by Space Gallery, Los Angeles, to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
Burger and Bamboo Broom, from the series MacDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan 1968
Burger and Bamboo Broom, from the series MacDonald's Hamburgers Invading Japan 1968
Masami Teraoka
Group shot: 50.21, 11.21692
Apprentice Courtesan (Shinzô) (right), Female Peddler (Onna akindo) (left), from the book Comparisons of the Customs of Women (Onna fûzoku shinasadame)
Kitagawa Utamaro I
about 1795 (Kansei 7)
Triptych of Hanging Scrolls: Playing with Reality (Kakemono sanpukutsui, utsutsu no asobi)
Triptych of Hanging Scrolls: Playing with Reality (Kakemono sanpukutsui, utsutsu no asobi)
Nishimura Shigenaga
1750s
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Fukuroi: (Actor Arashi Rikan III as) Tadanobu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th month
Woman with a Towel (Portrait of Hisae)
Woman with a Towel (Portrait of Hisae)
Hashiguchi Goyô
1920 (Taishô 9), October
The Nagata Riding Grounds, the Sannô Shrine, and the Paulownia Plantation at Tameike (Nagata-no-baba Sannô no yashiro Tameike kiribatake), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
The Nagata Riding Grounds, the Sannô Shrine, and the Paulownia Plantation at Tameike (Nagata-no-baba Sannô no yashiro Tameike kiribatake), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
The Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Treasure Boat
Utagawa Hiroshige I
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)
Yamato Takeru
Yamato Takeru
Ban Takeki
1975 (Shôwa 50)
Yokkaichi, from the series Shanks' Mare on the Tôkaidô (Dôchû Hizakurige)
Yokkaichi, from the series Shanks' Mare on the Tôkaidô (Dôchû Hizakurige)
Jippensha Ikku
1815 (Bunka 12)
Shimada, from the series Shanks' Mare on the Tôkaidô (Dôchû Hizakurige)
Shimada, from the series Shanks' Mare on the Tôkaidô (Dôchû Hizakurige)
Jippensha Ikku
1815 (Bunka 12)
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom in Ueno Park (Ueno kôenchi hana-zakari), from the series Flowers of Tokyo Compared (Tôkyô hana kurabe)
Yôshû Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)
1879 (Meiji 12), 7th month
Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon)
Sumô Wrestler Ônaruto Nadaemon of Awa Province (Ashû Ônaruto Nadaemon)
Utagawa Kuniaki II
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), intercalary 3rd month