The Mukōjima embankment: a street vendor sells articles to caricatures of contemporary figures under the cherry blossom; on the river, boats carrying Japanese students convey Western ideas. Colour woodcut by Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1883.

  • Kobayashi, Kiyochika, 1847-1915.
Date:
1883
Reference:
37655i
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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1883.

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2 prints : woodcuts, diptych printed in colours

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Kiyochika-gimo The artist's signature on the print is Kiyochika's comic ink

Notes

Kiyochika's comic views of famous places, the Sumida river

Reference

Wellcome Collection 37655i

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