Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei)
Woodblock Print
1856 (published)
1856 (published)
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| Place of origin |
Woodblock print, 'Night View of Saruwaka-machi' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' by Utagawa Hiroshige, published by Uoya Eikichi, Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1856
Pap, Japan, prints
Pap, Japan, prints
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour print from woodblocks |
| Brief description | Woodblock print, 'Night View of Saruwaka-machi' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' by Utagawa Hiroshige, published by Uoya Eikichi, Edo (Tokyo), Japan, 1856 Pap, Japan, prints |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'
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| Gallery label | WOODBLOCK PRINTS
Japanese woodblock prints were very popular with collectors and artists in the late 19th century. To a Victorian audience they revealed a different world depicted in an entirely new way. The style, composition and subject matter of the prints had a huge influence
on British artists.
Night View of Saruwaka-machi
from the series ‘One Hundred Famous Views of Edo’
1857
Colour print from woodblocks
Made in Edo (Tokyo) by Utagawa Hiroshige (born in Edo 1797, died in 1858), published by Uoya Eikichi
Signed ‘Hiroshige ga’
(‘Drawn by Hiroshige’)
Bequeathed by Mr Paul Shelving
Museum no. E.88-1969 |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr Paul Shelving |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.88-1969 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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