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[Yoroi-no Watashi Koami-cho]TITLE TRANSLATION:Yoroi ferry at Koami District. – Historic Print

[Yoroi-no Watashi Koami-cho]TITLE TRANSLATION:Yoroi ferry at Koami District., 1857 — historic print
[Yoroi-no Watashi Koami-cho]TITLE TRANSLATION:Yoroi ferry at Koami District., 1857. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(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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[Yoroi-no Watashi Koami-cho]TITLE TRANSLATION:Yoroi ferry at Koami District.

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Yoroi-no Watashi, the Yoroi ferry at Koami district, shows a crossing on the Edo waterfront, where small boats carried travelers and goods between the city's banks. The sheet belongs to *Meisho Edo hyakkei* (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), a series by Utagawa Hiroshige that was issued in the last years before his death in 1858. The color woodblock was engraved by Matsushima Seikichi. Look at how the water, boats, and shoreline are arranged, since those details capture the steady rhythm of river traffic that shaped daily life in the city at the time.

Created / published1857
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesTitle and other information based on Stranges Hiroshiges woodblock prints: a guide 1983 pp. 180-183. From the series: Meisho Edo hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo). Forms part of: Visual materials from Donald D. Walker collection. Preliminary catalog record
SubjectsFerries--Japan--Edo--1850-1860. Waterfronts--Japan--Edo--1850-1860. Transportation--Japan--Edo--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan3,680 × 4,555 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227656

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