Prosperity in Tokyo: Steam Engine, Carriage, and Rickshaw
Artist
Yamada Kuniteru Il
(Japanese, 1829 - 1874)
Date1873
Mediumwoodblock print
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LinePurchased with Funds Provided by Paul Warner
Object number2016.019.006
DescriptionImage of three forms of transportation in Tokyo with a steam engine chugging along the tracks next to a busy road with horse-drawn carriages and rockshaws. Passengers can be seen through the windows of the train cars, and steam billows from the stack. In the centre, foreigners fill the carriage as the horses gallop along, another carriage approaching in the opposite direction. Three rickshaw drivers pass them, including one carrying a bearded and bespectabled Westerner reading a book. At upper left, another train round the embarkement, and many ships dot the harbour.Status
Not on view
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Utagawa Hiroshige lll