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Escaping Fire

Creator: Toyohara Chikanobu, 1838–1912
Title: Escaping Fire
Date: 1889
Description: Framed; color woodcut; 13x8.75
Subject: Woodcuts--Japanese--1850-1900.; Art; Art Prints; Woodblock prints
Identifier: 7803W03615; 88; DSCF0346
Abstract: Item in good condition. "Onko: Azuma no Hana" Court ladies holding pole weapons evacuate from the fire raging Edo Castle. Behind them, the tattooed firefighters are carrying fire extinguishing equipment and running towards the inferno. This is the center panel of a triptych.