Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋)
Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋)
Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋)
Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋)

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Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋),

1st month, 26th day, 1881

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1847–1915
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎, ca. 1800–1898
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2021-248

Information

Title
Asakusa Bridge and the Great Fire at Ryōgoku (Ryōgoku taika Asakusabashi 両国大火浅草橋)
Dates

1st month, 26th day, 1881

Maker
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper with clear lacquered surface
Dimensions
block: 20.2 × 32 cm (7 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 23.5 × 33.9 cm (9 1/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Robert W. Bagley Fund for Asian Art
Object Number
2021-248
Signatures
Signed: Kobayashi Kiyochika hitsu
Culture
Japanese
Type
woodcuts, prints
Materials
ink, colorant, lacquer
Subject
fires, journalism, documentary, bridges (built works)

ca. 2010, Japanese print dealers auction;

ca. 2010 – 1/2022, purchased by Sebastian Izzard Asian Art, NY;

2022-present, purchased by Princeton University Art Museum

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