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Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of a Torpedo Explosion Seen from Azuma Bridge (Tôkyô meisho Azuma-bashi yori suirai no enbô no zu)

(Japanese, 1864–1889)
1888 (Meiji 21), printed July 1, published July 2
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 37.2 x 76.4 cm (14 5/8 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit LineJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession number2000.395a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenancePurchased between 1985 and 1999, probably in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)
Review of Troops by His Imperial Majesty (Kanpeishiki miyuki zu)
Inoue Yasuji (Tankei)
1885 (Meiji 18), March 18
Azuma Bridge
Inoue Yasuji (Tankei)
1887 (Meiji 20), December
Asakusa Bridge in the Rain (Asakusa-bashi uchû no kei)
Inoue Yasuji (Tankei)
1881 (Meiji 14), March 26
Peaceful Pleasures of the Highest Nobility (Kyôraku taihei kiken zu)
Inoue Yasuji (Tankei)
1887 (Meiji 20), November
Illustration of a Meeting of the Privy Council (Sûmitsuin kaigi no zu)
Inoue Yasuji (Tankei)
1888 (Meiji 21), printed December 1, published Dec. 10, copyright Dec. 20