Art

Physical description

Wooden print of an image of Japanese people being carried in stagecoaches by the sea.

Inscriptions & markings

"Basha/ The Basha began to come into general use toward the end of / the edo period (around 1860) and was quite adequate as a means /of transportation for the times. Later, large stagecoaches and / horsecars that ran on rails also appeared. The Basha was a familiar/conveyance popular until trains and buses came into use./ Tokyo Ohrai Kurumazushi (detail)/ by Utagawa Yoshitora"

"WMA 16
PMA 0124"

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