Posted by Guy Pepermans (81.247.161.145) on February 05, 2010 at 10:45:36:
In Reply to: Fireman posted by David on February 05, 2010 at 08:26:40:
David,
This series of 64 prints honouring Edo firemen was designed by Utagawa Yoshitora between 1858-59.
The series title is 'Edo no haneko domo asobi' (The flowers of Edo Children Amusement).
The print here shows a fireman of the first squad ('ichibangumi') from the 'Man' division.
The complete series can be viewed in the db of the National Diet Library:
http://rarebook.ndl.go.jp/pre/servlet/pre_com_menu.jsp (search for : 江戸の花子供遊び).
According to the NDL, the publisher is Hirokaya (probably Hirokaya Kosuke) but I'm not sure of that because I read the name in the publisher's mark as 'Iseyoshi'(イセ芳).
Cheers,
Guy.