Tokyo orai kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Vehicular traffic in Tokyo. – Historic Reproduction
(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 orai kuruma zukushiTITLE TRANSLATION:Vehicular traffic in Tokyo. 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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Titled *Tokyo orai kuruma zukushi*, or "Vehicular traffic in Tokyo," this three-panel woodcut packs rickshaws, carts, carriages, a tricycle, an early bicycle, horse riders, and a cannon into a single street scene. The city had only recently been renamed, since Edo became Tokyo in 1868, and the print captures that moment of rapid change. It is signed by Ichimōsai Yoshitora, and its seal date places it in 1870. The catalog record also credits Toyohara Kunichika and the Utagawa artists, so attribution is worth checking against the signature.
| 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 ; 35 x 24.5 cm. (each block) 37.8 x 26 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichimōsai Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Horse 4. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (177a) center (177b) left (177c). Backed with old Japanese paper with unidentified writing. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of each print: 145; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-34. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Side wheelers--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Cannons--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Rickshaws--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Carts & wagons--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Carriages & coaches--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Bicycles & tricycles--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Running--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Horseback riding--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Transportation--Japan--Tokyo--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,007 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227253 |
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