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SHOSAI IKKEI (FLOURISHED CIRCA 1860s-70s)
Steam Trains at Shiodome (Shiodome yori jokisha tsuko no zu)
Woodblock print
Left and right sheets signed Shosai Ikkei hitsu
Published by Tsutaya Kichizo (Koeido), 1872
Vertical oban triptych:
Left sheet: 36.2 x 24.5 cm. (1414 x 958 in.)
Centre sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm. (1414 x 938 in.)
Right sheet: 36.5 x 24.2 cm. (1438 x 912 in.)
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For the same print in the collection of the Edo-Tokyo Museum, no. 90200718, go to:
https://digitalmuseum.rekibun.or.jp/app/collection/detail?ss=01&b1=1000200&b2=2000220&id=0190200718

Also, for the same print in the collection of the Metropolitan Musem of Art, (The MET), New York, accession no. JP3227, go to:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60026367
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