Strong wind on the Shin-Ohashi Bridge, from series Comical views of famous places in Edo

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Strong wind on the Shin-Ohashi Bridge, from series Comical views of famous places in Edo

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An ukiyo-e artist shrouded in mystery, Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-65) was a student of the great Utagawa Hiroshige but never rose to the same level of prominence as his master. What Hirokage did accomplish, however, was making the Edoites (Tokyo people) of his time laugh: woodblock print series such as Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo and Great Battle of the Vegetables and the Fish depicted city folk goofing around in a way reminiscent of silent-era slapstick comedies of half a centur...

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Date created

1859

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Utagawa Hirokage

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Landscapes (Representations) / wind / people / Bridges / Tokyo (Nihon) / Japanese / paper / ink / colour woodcuts / oban / works on paper / woodcut / Late Edo / Tokyo

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