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Kobayashi Kiyochika
The Great Fire at Ryōgoku Bridge, Viewed from Asakusa Bridge on the 26th of January, 18811881

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Japanese woodblock print depicting a large urban fire at night, with towering crimson and white flames filling the sky above silhouetted buildings and small dark figures in the foreground

Kobayashi Kiyochika, The Great Fire at Ryōgoku Bridge, Viewed from Asakusa Bridge on the 26th of January, 1881, 1881, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Holmes, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Title
The Great Fire at Ryōgoku Bridge, Viewed from Asakusa Bridge on the 26th of January, 1881
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1881
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (20.64 × 32.07 cm) Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 1/16 in. (24.45 × 35.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.71.100.50
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art