Tokyo Nihonbashi han ei no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Flourishing Nihonbashi section of Tokyo. – Vintage 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 Nihonbashi han ei no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Flourishing Nihonbashi section of Tokyo.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Tokyo Nihonbashi han ei no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Flourishing Nihonbashi section of Tokyo.
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Few scenes in this set are as crowded with traffic as this three-sheet triptych, titled *Tokyo Nihonbashi han ei no zu*, or *Flourishing Nihonbashi Section of Tokyo*. Nihonbashi, the bridge in Edo's merchant district, was the point from which distances along the great highways were measured, so the streets around it were always busy with carts, riders and pedestrians. The print dates to 1861, a few years before the Meiji Restoration reshaped the city, and its signature names Yoshitora, an artist known for lively scenes of urban life. The catalog subjects list carts, carriages and horseback riding, a useful guide to how people and goods moved through the city in its final decades under the shogunate.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| 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 ; 36 x 23.5 cm. (each block) 36 x 24 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Goat 6. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (176a) center (176b) left (176c). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of each print: 146; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 9942.3-35. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Rickshaws--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Carts & wagons--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Carriages & coaches--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Bicycles & tricycles--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Horseback riding--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. Transportation--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. City & town life--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,033 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227252 |
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