From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleTowboats along the Yotsugi-dori Canal (A Hundred Celebrated Landscapes in Edo)

About this objectJapanese landscape of a winding canal with men pulling boats along with ropes

MakerHiroshige, Utagawa (1797-1858)

Maker Roleprintmaker

Date Made1857

Period19th century

Medium and Materialsmedium: ink

Style and IconographyUkiyo-e

Inscription and MarksJapanese Characters in Boxes
Method: printed
Position: 2. in top right 1. left centre

Techniquewoodcut

Measurementsprint: height: 33.5cm, print: width: 22cm, card: height: 43.5cm, card: width: 32cm

Credit LineGifted by G.A. Forrest, 1932

Object Typeprint

Object numberBIKGM.2014f

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