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No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon

Woodblock Print
1859 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print depicting a famous place in Edo. In the foreground, three figures engaged in an activity. In the background, a cherry-blossom tree and sunset.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon (assigned by artist)
  • Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon' from the series 'Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo' by Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865), Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1859
Physical description
Woodblock print depicting a famous place in Edo. In the foreground, three figures engaged in an activity. In the background, a cherry-blossom tree and sunset.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.3cm
  • Width: 21.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「江戸名所道戯尽」
    Translation
    Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo
    Transliteration
    'Edo meisho dōke zukushi'
  • 「二十九 虎の御門外の景」
    Translation
    No. 29, Outside the Gate at Toranomon
    Transliteration
    'Tora-no-gomon soto no kei'
Object history
This work is one of thirteen, numbered E.2968 to 80-1886, taken from a series of fifty prints. The series depicts famous places in Edo with comic accidents.
Engraver; Horikane. Publisher; Isujiokaya.
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Associated objects
Collection
Accession number
E.2980-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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