KUNITERU II. Emperor Meiji enters Tokyo. Triptych.
Utagawa KUNITERU II.
1830-1874
Tokyo-fu Kyobashi yori Gofukubashi no enkei.
Emperor Meiji enters Tokyo. The procession crossing the Kyobashi Bridge. Triptych.
Late November 1868
Polychrome woodcut, altogether 350x710 mm, trimmed within margins. Title at the top right. Each sheet with the artist's signature on the bottom “Kuniteru ga”. Above the signature the censor seal “aratame”, with the zodiacal year sign on the top right, and the month on the bottom right. Censor seal: Dragon Year, 11 mounth (1868, November). Defects, good copy.