True View of Prosperity: Roundtrip River Steamship Service of the Ryôgoku Transportation Company (Tôkyô Ryôgoku tsûun kaisha kawa jôki ôfuku sei'ei shinkei no zu)

「東京两國通運會社川蒸滊往復盛栄真景之圖」

Utagawa Shigekiyo (Japanese, active about 1860–1890)
Publisher: Miura Takeaki (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1877 (Meiji 10), January

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 70 cm (14 x 27 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.528a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #42, photo p. 13

Signed Gakô Nozawa Sadakichi

ProvenancePreviously owned by various dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.