"View of Nishitoisaka in Koishikawa"

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Item No: facjp00024
Title: "View of Nishitoisaka in Koishikawa"
Media Type: Woodcuts
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

From the series "Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo"

No. 38 published by Tsujiokaya Bunsuke, 1859

Hirokage, a student of Hiroshige, designed his famous series "Edo meisho doke zukishi" from 1860-1861. This series is notable for its satirical and slapstick humor.


Bibliography:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/206929/no-38-view-of-nishitomisaka-in-koishikawa-koishikawa-nish?ctx=19c923c7-2b20-4ea3-88ac-7752f76f628e&idx=1

http://www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp/exhibition-eng/hirokage



Creation Year: ca. 1860
Image Dimensions Width: 23 cm
Creator Name: Utagawa, Hirokage, active 1854-1867 - Artist
Tsujiokaya Bunsuke - Publisher

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