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Outbreak of Fire as Seen From Hisamatsu-cho. Great Fire on the Night of 2/11/81 by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print

Outbreak of Fire as Seen From Hisamatsu-cho. Great Fire on the Night of 2/11/81

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji/Taishō Prints
Night Scenes
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Source:
Art of Japan

Typical Price

  • Fine atmospheric night or light-picture scene in excellent condition: $2,000–$8,000
  • Good condition kosen-ga landscape: $500–$2,000
  • Later impression or average condition: $150–$600

Description

This undated print documents the same great Ryōgoku fire of February 1881 as the dated nishiki-e records, its title specifying the view from Hisamatsu-chō and the night of 2/11/81. The print likely belongs to a series of multiple-vantage fire documentation prints — Kiyochika and his publishers understanding that different purchasers would want views from different viewing positions across the city. The nocturnal fire from Hisamatsu-chō shows the conflagration as a distant inferno, the river reflecting the orange blaze.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Outbreak of Fire as Seen From Hisamatsu-cho. Great Fire on the Night of 2/11/81 was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).

Outbreak of Fire as Seen From Hisamatsu-cho. Great Fire on the Night of 2/11/81 depicts night scenes.