Imado
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- British Museum
Typical Price
- Exceptional or scarce Kiyochika subject in fine condition: $1,000–$5,000
- Good condition print: $300–$1,000
- Standard impression: $150–$500
Description
Imado — a pottery-producing district on the eastern bank of the Sumida River in Asakusa — was one of Kiyochika's recurring Tokyo subjects in the late 1870s and 1880s. The kilns that gave the district its name produced red earthenware (Imado yaki) that had been a Tokyo speciality since the Edo period, and the neighbourhood's working-class streetscape and river access attracted Kiyochika repeatedly. This undated print likely belongs to his established Tokyo meisho documentation of the capital's eastern districts.
More Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Imado was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Imado depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and rivers & lakes.