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Vehicles on the Streets of Tokyo

Utagawa Yoshitora

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a colorful illustration of various vehicles on the streets of Tokyo. The artwork is divided into three panels. The scene shows a variety of vehicles, including horse-drawn carriages, carts, and rickshaws, as well as early steam-powered locomotives and carts with large wheels. Some vehicles have two wheels, while others have four. Horses, oxen, and people are pulling or pushing the vehicles. The vehicles are depicted in shades of blue, green, red, and yellow. The background is divided horizontally into three sections: blue at the top left, pink at the top right, and green at the bottom. The overall scene is crowded, with many people and vehicles overlapping. The title of the artwork is "Vehicles on the Streets of Tokyo" and the artist is Utagawa Yoshitora.

Artwork Details

Date
1870
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 311 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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