Tokyo meisho zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Scenic places in Tokyo. – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Tokyo meisho zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Scenic places in Tokyo.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This sheet from the *Tōkyō meishō zu* (Scenic Places in Tokyo) series is notable for its waterfront view, with wharves, sailboats, and foreign visitors among the city's scenes. Dated 1870, it appeared just a few years after Edo was renamed Tokyo and became the seat of the new imperial government, when the city was opening to foreign trade and travel. The signature reads "Hiroshige ga," but the print was likely made by Hiroshige II or III, successors who used the name after the original artist's death. The series records a capital in transition, where older townscapes met new ships and new visitors.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Utagawa Hiroshige 1826?-1869 artist.Utagawa Hiroshige 1842?-1894 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 34 x 22 cm. (block) 36.7 x 25 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Print created by either Hiroshige II or Hiroshige III. Signature: Hiroshige ga. Seal date: Horse 1? From series entitled: Tōkyō meishō zu (Scenic places in Tokyo). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 19; LC2585; 47623a; 34. Earlier control number: 4162-19. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | City & town life--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Piers & wharves--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Sailboats--Japanese--Japan--Tokyo--1870. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,486 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227297 |
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