131003-0037-OS - Sumidagawa River Ferry

Ferry on the Sumidagawa River in Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4). In the front, pottery kilns can be seen, while Mount Tsukuba is visible in the back.

This woodblock print is image 37 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: Kilns and the Hashiba Ferry on the Sumida River (墨田河橋場の渡かわら竈, Sumidagawa hashiba no watashi kawaragama)

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