Japan: 'Naito Shinjuku', from the series 'Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo', woodblock print by Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865), c. 1861

Utagawa Hirokage (active 1855-1865), also known as Ichiyusai Hirokage, was a Japanese woodblock printer living and working in the mid-19th century. He was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige I, and his main noteworthy work is the series Edo meisho doke zukushi (Joyful Events in Famous Places in Edo).

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