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Signature

梅堂國秀

Baidō Kunihide

Colophon

明治廿八年囗月十二日印刷囗囗仝月十五発行　印刷発行者下谷区二長町拾五番地浅草公園仲見世仁王門東側四号　村上豊次郎

Meiji nijūhachinen ?-gatsu jūninichi insatsu … dōgatsu jūgo[nichi] hakkō / Insatsu hakkōsha Shitaya-ku Nichōmachi 15-banchi Asakusa Kōen Nakamise Niōmon Higashigawa shi-gō / Murakami Toyojirō

Labeled Figures/Features

「十二カイ」	Ryōunkaku 凌雲閣 tower, also known as Asakusa Jūnikai 浅草十二階 ("Asakusa Twelve-stories"), destroyed by the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
「ヨシワラ」	Yoshiwara
「アワシマ」	Awashima-dō 淡島堂, a subtemple on the grounds of Sensō-ji
「スミダ川」	Sumidagawa
「本堂」	The main hall ("hondō") of the temple
「二王門」	Niomon Gate, rebuilt in 1964 and now known as Hōzōmon 宝蔵門
「五重トウ」	Gojūnotō, the five-storey pagoda of Sensō-ji
「弁天山」	Benten Hill
「三社」	Sanja
「六シンウ？」	or 六ツソウ？
「フタマサ」
「ネン囗堂」
「囗囗イ」

Commentary

This artist is not well-documented, but the name 梅堂国秀 appears on Kunisada's grave monument (1893); see http://artistian.net/kunisada_haka/. Probably a student of Kunisada III.

Dimensions

Vertical ōban; 25.5 × 37.8 cm (10 × 14.9 in)

Ukiyo-e Galleries

The Collection of Alec Wood