Big French circus on the grounds of Shokonsha (Yasukuni) shrine.

Abstract

Japanese triptych print shows circus at Yasukuni Jinja, originally called Shokonsha, Tokyo, Japan, with acrobats, trapeze artists, and horseback stunt riders.Title from item.Signature: Motome ni ōzu Hiroshige ga (by request).Seal date: Goat 11.Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (43a), center (43b), left (43c).Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 14-3; 47623a.Earlier control number: 4162-15.Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930 (DLC/PP-1930:47623a).Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress).Exhibited: From Whistler to Wedgwood, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 2010

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