Urban fires in 1881 Japanese art - De vuurzee gezien vanuit de wijk Hisamatsu Hisamatsucho yori miru shukka (titel op object), RP-P-1988-281 (cropped), Kobayashi Kiyochika

Identificationtitle(s): the sea of ​​fire seen from the hisamatsu districthisamatsucho yori miru shukka (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1988-281. Catalog reference: jap cat v 59. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: image of the great fire that raged in tokyo on 11-02-1881; in the foreground a fleeing crowd of people; firefighters on the roofs of the houses are trying to contain the fire by dismantling the houses. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: kobayashi kiyochika (mentioned on object) publisher: fukuda kumajirô (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: tokyo. Date: 1881. Physical features: color woodcut. Material: paper technique: color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 231 mm × w 337 mm. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1988. Date: 1881.