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The Map

(Japanese, born in 1933)
2017 (Heisei 29)
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; photograph, platinum print on handmade Japanese Tosa paper
DimensionsOverall: 76.2 × 283.6 cm (30 × 111 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Edward A. Studzinski in memory of Frederic A. Sharf
Accession number2017.3919.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Provenance2017, consigned by the artist to Photo Gallery International, Tokyo; 2017, sold by Photo Gallery International to the MFA. (Accession date: October 11, 2017)
CopyrightKawada Kikuji, courtesy of L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
The Map
Kawada Kikuji
2017
Ichiô
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Ichiô
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Figures and Landscapes
Soga Shôhaku
18th–19th centuries
Soga Shôhaku
18th–19th centuries
Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theater
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Scenes from the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Scenes of the Pleasure Quarters
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era