Title: Illustration of a Balloon Ascending (Fūsen shōyō no zu)
Object type: Print
Date: November, 1872
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
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 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (36.8 x 25.1 cm)
Image (b): 14 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.1 x 25.1 cm)
Image (c): 14 3/8 x 9 3/4 in. (36.5 x 24.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Crowd, term: Hot Air Balloons