131003-0048-OS - Koinobori Carp Banners

Koinobori (carp banners) float in the wind in Surugadai in Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4). In the back, Mount Fuji can be seen.

This woodblock print is image 48 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 30 summer scenes in the series.

Title: Suidobashi Bridge and the Surugadai Quarter (水道橋駿河台, Suidobashi Surugadai)

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