Yotsugi-dōri yōsui hikifune (Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal)

Description

Colour woodblock print, entitled Yotsugi-dōri yōsui hikifune (Towboats Along the Yotsugi-dōri Canal), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting hauling boats along the water-storage canal: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Museum reference

A.1887.745.39.3

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia
Uoya Eikichi, Publisher

Date

1857

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland