Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival
Asakusa Ricefields and Torinomachi Festival (Askusa tanbo Torinomachi mode), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige ga, published by Totoya Eikichi, 11th month, 1857
Vertical oban (35.2 x 23.5 cm.)

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For other impressions of the same design in museum collections go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/asakusa-ricefields-and-torinomachi-festival-askusa-tanbo-torinomachi-m%C3%B4de-from-the-series-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo-meisho-edo-hyakkei-230563 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 18.26)
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=786968&partId=1 (British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.664)

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