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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Willow at the Exit from the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi), Edo (Japanese period)

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
  • Kawaguchiya Shōzō 川口屋正蔵

Title

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

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink and color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Polychrome wood block print

Techniques

  • Polychrome wood block print

Supports

  • paper

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

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1286

About

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

Signature: Hiroshige ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Kawaguchi han;

Inscription: Inscription verso, bottom towards the right: EGR57

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Meisho

June 16 - October 10, 1995

Celebrating the City

October 2 - December 20, 1992

Meisho-e

October 2, 1987 - January 24, 1988

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Willow at the Exit from the Shimabara Pleasure Quarter (Shimabara deguchi no yanagi) with the accession number of 20.1286. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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