The Eastern Capital
(Tôto)
Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tôbei
c. 1833
This series of prints is listed as number 7 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 10 by 14 inches (25 by 36 centimeters), a size known as ôban.
|
Title: Ebb
tide at Shubi no Schaap:
18.1 |
|
Title: View
of heavy rain on the Ommaya Embankment of the
Sumida River in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Ommayagashi no zu) Schaap:
18.2 |
|
This is an early twentieth
century reproduction published by Hashaguchi Goyo whose seal appears in the left lower corner |
|
This is another
reproduction of the same print from the 1930s (Robert O. Muller Collection) |
|
Title: Two
men charring the bottom of a boat at Mitsumata on
the Sumida River with Eitai Bridge in the
background (Tôto Mitsumata no zu) Schaap:
18.3 |
|
Title:
View of [catching eels in] the Miyato River in the
Eastern Capital (Tôto Miyatogawa no zu) Schaap:
18.4 |
|
This is a drawing for the
above print. |
|
This is a reproduction of
the above print made in the 1890s. |
|
Title:
Viewing the statue of Jizô-Busatsu at Hashiba in the Eastern Capital (Tôto Hashiba no zu) Schaap:
18.5 |
|
Title:
View of Mount Asama from Usui
Pass [between present-day Nagano and Gunma Prefectures] (Usuitôge yori asamayama o
miru zu) Schaap:
unlisted NOTE: This
print is similar to the above series, but the title in the large cartouche
does not start with Tôto
(Eastern Capital), and it is not a scene along the Sumida River. |
|
This is another state of
the above print with smoke rising from the summit of the mountain. Image courtesy of John Rose
and Auction Ukiyo-e Ltd. |
‘Schaap’ refers to listing in ‘Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi’ by Robert Schaap (Hotei Publishing, Leiden, 1998).
