Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Ryogoku Bridge and the Great Riverbank (Meisho Edo hyakkei: Ryogokubashi Okawabata)
Date: 1856
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Description:
a bird's eye view of the bridge bustling with pedestrians and the river with several passenger ferries and sailboats, in the foreground are several tea stalls, the opposite shore is partially obscured by a band of clouds; signed Hiroshige ga with publisher's seal Uo-Ei (Uo-ya Eikichi), censor's seal aratame and date seal Tatsu-hachi (year of the dragon, 8th month), 1856