Title: American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku)
Object type: Print
Date: 1867
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Utagawa Yoshitora 
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1850–80
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (a): 14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (37.1 × 24.4 cm)
Image (b): 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm)
Image (c): 14 3/4 × 10 in. (37.5 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 22 7/8 × 37 in. (58.1 × 94 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women, term: Flags, term: Hot Air Balloons