# “America”: Enjoying Hot Air Balloons, in Utagawa Yoshitora

Utagawa Yoshitora designed this in 1867, aged 22. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> Hot air balloons float above an imagined American city of grand buildings and flags, while elegantly dressed men and women gather below to watch.

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## The work

- Date: 1867
- Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (37.5 x 73 cm)
- Type: Prints
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.49.222
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Utagawa Yoshitora](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/utagawa-yoshitora), Japanese, active ca. 1850–80

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [Utagawa Yoshitora's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-utagawa-yoshitora?hang=748) (8 works)
- [More Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=748) (172 works)
- [19th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-japan?hang=748) (99 works)

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