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Maker(s):Kobayashi Kiyochika
Culture:Japanese (1847-1915)
Title:View of the Great Fire at Ryogoku from Hamacho (the Fire of January 26th, 1881), (Hamacho yori sha Ryogoku taika, Meiji juyonnen shogatsu nijuroku nichi shukka)
Date Made:1881 (Meiji 14)
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print (oban yoko-e)
Measurements:Sheet: 9 7/8 in x 14 1/2 in; 25.0825 cm x 36.83 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2008.39
Credit Line:Purchase with Wise Fund for Fine Arts
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
Kiyochika documented both of the fires that swept over the Low City in early 1881. Both prints of the fires were based on sketches. For the fire in the first month, he reworked an earlier composition. For the one in the second month, he drew the fire as it was burning the city. The flames and smoke are noteworthy for the absence of line; Kiyochika achieved tonal gradations by superimposing different colors.
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