Railroad train passing by Takanawa

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Object Details

Artist

Kawabata Gyokusho 川端玉章 (1842-1913)

Provenance

To 1998

William E. Harkins [1]

From 1998

National Museum of Asian Art, gift of William E. Harkins [2]

Notes:

[1] This was donated by William E. Harkins in 1998.

[2] From 1998-2023, the object was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

Research updated on November 25, 2025

Collection

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

William E. Harkins

Credit Line

Gift of William E. Harkins

Date

1890-1900

Period

Meiji era

Accession Number

S1998.306

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Medium

Ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 22.3 x 24.9 cm (8 3/4 x 9 13/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

train

Japan

uchiwa-e

Japanese Art

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31522bd85-59b8-4ad0-acd5-4c95ddafba18

Record ID

fsg_S1998.306