Famous Places in Edo: The Chiyoda Inari Shrine at Miyamasu in Aoyama (Tôto meisho Aoyama Miyamasu Chiyoda Inari sha no zu)

「東都名所　青山宮益　千代田稲荷社図」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 6th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.5011.52

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné General reference: Yamamoto, "Chiyoda Inari," Ukiyo-e geijutsu 161 (2011)

DescriptionMounted in an album of 55 prints with the hand-written title "The Road to the Capital, Spring 1863" (Bunkyû san haru no miyako michi).
画帳　「文久三春の都路」

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 6 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印：亥六改
彫師：彫長