UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE: oban tate-e (35.9 x 24.3cm.); Ryogoku Ekoin, Moto Yanagibashi "Ekoin temple, the Moto Yanagi bridge at Ryogoku", from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei "One hundred views of famous places in Edo", signed Hiroshige ga and published by Uoya Eikichi--very good impression and color, slightly trimmed and one pin hole, otherwise good condition

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UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE: oban tate-e (35.9 x 24.3cm.); Ryogoku Ekoin, Moto Yanagibashi "Ekoin temple, the Moto Yanagi bridge at Ryogoku", from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei "One hundred views of famous places in Edo", signed Hiroshige ga and published by Uoya Eikichi--very good impression and color, slightly trimmed and one pin hole, otherwise good condition

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Sumo and the Woodblock Print Masters, fig. 107

A view of the district of the Ekoin Buddhist temple reconstructed in memory of the some 108,000 victims of the great fire of 1657. As Ekoin was a mortuary temple subscriptions were limited regular subscription wrestling matches were initiated to raise funds. Ekoin was located near the eastern end of Ryogoku Bridge and was the site of most Edo wrestling tournaments during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). In the foreground of the print is the sumo tower with paper streamers and drum (yagura-daiko) signaling a scheduled match.