131004-0085-OS - Samurai Procession

A procession of samurai at the Benkeibori moat (弁慶堀) of Edo Castle in Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4).

This woodblock print is image 85 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 26 autumn scenes in the series.

Title: Kinokuni Hill and Distant View of Akasaka and the Tameike Pond (紀ノ国坂赤坂溜池遠景, Kinokunizaka Akasaka Tameike enkei)

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