View of Nihonbashi in Tokyo (Tōkyō Nihonbashi no kei)
Woodblock Print
1870 (made)
1870 (made)
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This woodblock print celebrates the range of vehicles to be seen on the streets of Tokyo in 1870. Many had been introduced from the West and were viewed as symbols of Japan's transformation and modernisation under nthe slogan 'Civilisation and Enlightenment'. Many of the people depicted are wearing Japanese dress, but some of the men have adopted buttoned coats, trousers and hats. Each mode of transport is identified by a red cartouche; they range from the ‘person-powered car’, or rickshaw, in the central foreground, to the ‘double-decker horse-drawn carriage’ to the left.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Title | View of Nihonbashi in Tokyo (Tōkyō Nihonbashi no kei) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour print from woodblocks on paper |
| Brief description | Woodblock print triptych, 'View of Nihonbashi in Tokyo' by Utagawa Kuniteru II, published by Kagaya Kichiemon, Tokyo, Japan, 1870 Pap, Japan, prints |
| Physical description | Triptych showing various types of transport by the Nihonbashi bridge in Tokyo |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Signature (printed))
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Paul Shelving |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This woodblock print celebrates the range of vehicles to be seen on the streets of Tokyo in 1870. Many had been introduced from the West and were viewed as symbols of Japan's transformation and modernisation under nthe slogan 'Civilisation and Enlightenment'. Many of the people depicted are wearing Japanese dress, but some of the men have adopted buttoned coats, trousers and hats. Each mode of transport is identified by a red cartouche; they range from the ‘person-powered car’, or rickshaw, in the central foreground, to the ‘double-decker horse-drawn carriage’ to the left. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.99:1 to 3-1969 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2007 |
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