131003-0033-OS - Pulling Towboats

Laborers pulling towboats on the Yotsugi-dori Canal near Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4).

This woodblock print is image 33 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei), a series created by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重, 1797–1858).

It is one of 42 spring scenes in the series.

Title: Towboats along the Yotsugi-dori Canal (四ツ木通用水引ふね, Yotsugi dori yosui hikifune)

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