Tokyo meisho Takanawa no shinkeiTITLE TRANSLATION:Famous places in Tokyo: real view of Takanawa. – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Tokyo meisho Takanawa no shinkeiTITLE TRANSLATION:Famous places in Tokyo: real view of Takanawa. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tokyo meisho Takanawa no shinkeiTITLE TRANSLATION:Famous places in Tokyo: real view of Takanawa.
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Takanawa, a seaside district along the old Tokaido road south of central Edo, is the place shown here, with the sheets focused on the shoreline at sunrise or sunset. The record also notes boats and carts on the water. Issued in 1870, early in the Meiji period, the print belongs to a series of famous places that reworked familiar Edo views for a city now called Tokyo. The record credits several artists, including Toyohara Kunichika, and the three-sheet design was printed from woodblocks in color.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; each block 35.5 x 24 cm. each sheet 36.5 x 24.6 cm.1 print on hōsho paper (2 sheets) : woodcut color ; each block 35.5 x 24 cm. each sheet 36.5 x 24.6 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Horse 3. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (46a) center (46b) left (46c). Second impression is in 2 sections: right (47a) center (47b). DLC Library has two impressions. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 15; 47623a. Earlier control number: 4162-16. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). 46c: FP 2 - Chadbourne no. 45 |
| Subjects | City & town life--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Sunrises & sunsets--1870. Bodies of water--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Vehicles--Japanese--Japan--Tokyo--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,567 × 4,496 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227258 |
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