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A Trial Balloon Ascent at the Parade Ground of the Naval Academy in Tsukuji, Tokyo

1877
Utagawa Hiroshige III (Japanese, 1842–1894) Published by Arai Sannosuke
The first hot air balloon launch in Japan took place at Tsukuji, Tokyo, in 1872, ninety years after the Montgolfier brothers launched the first successful manned balloon ascent in the West.

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