Celebration in Honor of the Eighty-Five Year Old Man Who Was the First to Cross the New Ryogoku Bridge in the Eastern Capital

The feast after the first ritual crossing to celebrate the completion of the Ryogoku Bridge, which was rebuilt after the big earthquake in 1855. After the successful crossing of the bridge by three generations of family, the head of the family Yazaemon looks relieved as he receives sake.

Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Published: Ansei 2 (1855)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei

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