Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Willow at the Exit from the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi)

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher

Title

Willow at the Exit from the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi)
from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi)
京都名所之内
嶋原出口之柳

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

ca. 1834

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 21.6 x 34.8 cm (8 1/2 x 13 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchi han;

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom towards the right: EGR57

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1286

Type

Exhibition History

Meisho
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Jun 16, 1995 – Oct 10, 1995
Celebrating the City
Depictions of Famous Places in Japan
Oct 02, 1992 – Dec 20, 1992
Meisho-e
Famous Places in Japanese Prints by Hiroshige (Part I)
Oct 02, 1987 – Jan 24, 1988

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵 (Japanese, ca. 1824-1852), publisher
Willow at the Exit from the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi); from the series Famous Views of Kyoto (Kyōto meisho no uchi); 京都名所之内; 嶋原出口之柳, ca. 1834
Polychrome wood block print
Horizontal ōban: 21.6 x 34.8 cm (8 1/2 x 13 11/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1286

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