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Fukagawa Lumberyards (Fukagawa Kiba 深川木場), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景),
1856 [Ansei 3], 8th month

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, 1797–1858

Japanese

Edo period, 1603–1868

x1983-40

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Title

Fukagawa Lumberyards (Fukagawa Kiba 深川木場), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景)

Dates

1856 [Ansei 3], 8th month

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Medium

Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

block: 34 x 22.5 cm. (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 35 x 24 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) mat: 49 x 36.2 cm. (19 5/16 x 14 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka

Object Number

x1983-40

Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures

Signed lower left

Marks/Labels/Seals

Aratame seal and date at top: 1856-7 Publisher's seal: No-Ei

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Type

woodblock prints, oban, prints, japanese printmaking styles

Materials

oban, color, paper, ink

Techniques

woodcut

Subject

winter, snow, rivers, mountains, views, cats, figures (representations), landscapes (representations)

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1983," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 43, no. 1 (1984): p. 18-42., p. 28, p. 30 (illus.)

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Japanese, Edo period (1603–1868), Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797–1858), Fukagawa Lumberyards (Fukagawa Kiba 深川木場), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景), 1856 [Ansei 3], 8th month. Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper; 34 x 22.5 cm (block), 35 x 24 cm (sheet), 49 x 36.2 cm (mat). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Straka (x1983-40) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/15407?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=50

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