woodblock print meiji period – Utagawa Kuniteru (act. ca. 1830-1874) -Tokyo meisho no uchi Kyoubashi Renga dukuri”東京名勝之内 京橋煉瓦石造(Tokyo famous plase Kyobashi Brick building) – ca. 1874(maji 7 period)

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woodblock print meiji period – Utagawa Kuniteru (act. ca. 1830-1874) -Tokyo meisho no uchi Kyoubashi Renga dukuri”東京名勝之内 京橋煉瓦石造(Tokyo famous plase Kyobashi Brick building) – ca. 1874(maji 7 period)

The signature says “Yousai-e曜斎国輝画”.

Publisher by Kiya soujirou  木屋宗次郎

The feature of Kuniteru’s meisho-e is that locomotives and Western-style buildings are drawn.

※This is Japanese paper so tears easily.
There are folds because it is old

This woodblock print has holes and repairs.

From around Bunkyu(1861-1864), he started drawing activities under the name of the second generation Utagawa Kunitsuna(歌川国綱II) or Ichiransai Kunitsuna(一蘭斎国綱). It is believed that he changed his name to Kuniteru(国輝) around the first year of Keio (1865). In the days of Kunitsuna’s name, he was active in caricatures, street objects, and actor paintings. Since he became Kuniteru, he has drawn kaika-e such as “Tokyo Famous Places(東京名勝)” and “Tokyo Scenic Beauty(東京名所図会)”, including “Tokyo Twelve Views(東京十二景)”, a collaboration with the fourth generation Utagawa Kunimasa. There are quite a lot of railroad pictures such as “Tokyo Shiodome Railway Steam Locomotive Traffic(東京汐留鉄道蒸気車通行図)”, and the depiction of the steam locomotive is drawn by observing it much more precisely than other painters.