#Flower of Edo

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FIRE-THWARTING HEROES OF THEIR TIME -- "FROM THE END OF THE EDO-SHOGUNATE TO THE MEIJI ERA."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on another Edo firefighter woodblock print, artwork by Yoshitora Utagawa, Groupe E, Groupe 5, The Flower of Edo, Children's Game," c. 1858.

MINI-OVERVIEW: "Fires and fights were known as “Edo flowers” because there were frequent terrible fires in Edo-era, therefore, the firefighters were popular among young people of the Edo-era. Yoshitora was one of the pupils of Kuniyoshi and was active from the end of the Edo-shogunate to the Meiji era. In 1968, he become the second artist of the Ukiyo-e artist ranking, and it tells us that he had actually been known in the Ukiyo-e field. He had especially been known with artworks of the depictions of the new culture which came from overseas and the scenery of Yokohama where thrived as the international town. In the era, general citizens hadn't seen the actual western cultures, architecture from foreign countries, and the fashions, so people could know it from Ukiyo-es."

-- GALLERY SOUMEI-DO (Fine Japanese Prints)

Source: www.soumei.biz/en/edoukiyoe/-/portrait/firefighter.

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Flowers and Insects, Yamamoto Baiitsu, 1836

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Sannenzaka - Kyoto, Japan

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Cherry Blossoms by Utagawa Hiroshige (Edo Period)

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Botanical designs from One Hundred Newly Selected Designs by Kōrin (Kōrin shinsen hyakuzu), 1864.

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flowers

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Kano Tanshin Morimichi (Japanese, 1785–1835), "Golden Pheasants under Spring Blossoms", ca. 1815

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Maple and Flowers, attributed to Suzuki Kiitsu, 1840s

Ink and color on hanging silk scroll 40 ¼ x 11 ⅝ in. (102.2 x 29.6 cm) Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA

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a certified Sue Sweep

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Peony, iris, cherry blossom and a butterfly, 1828 (ink, colours and gold on silk) by Abe Kan Torin

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FLOWER SUN AND RAIN Grasshopper Manufacturer 2001

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"BOY, WHERE'S THE FIRE?" -- HOW TO SIGNIFY A FIREFIGHT IN THE EDO PERIOD.

Artist: Utagawa Yoshitora.

Title: The Flowers of Edo Children's Amusement; Fireman, First Squad, "Yo" Brigade.

Date: c. 1858

Details: ARC Ukiyo-e Database

Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA.

Source: https://ukiyo-e.org/image/met/DP148993.

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Lotus in the Rain, Keibun, 1832

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Utagawa Hiroshige, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

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Nightingale and Hibiscus by Utagawa Hiroshige (19th Century)

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Camellia and small birds, by Utagawa Hiroshige (original 18th century, reprint 20th century).