A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "KYOTO SHIJO YU SUZUMI"
- Date:
- Late Edo period, dated 1859
- Medium:
- Ink on paper
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
A wide river at dusk fills the lower half of the print, its blue water separating a foreground platform from a crowded row of riverside stalls hung with round red lanterns; a dark mountain silhouette rises against a graduated grey-black sky above the distant rooftops. On a green matted platform in the lower left, several figures in patterned kimono — including two women with elaborate hairstyles and a seated man in a striped robe — gather around cylindrical lidded containers near a wrapped signboard. The artist's signature and a red title cartouche bearing the series and print names appear in the upper corners, consistent with the 1859 print "Kyoto Shijo Yu Suzumi" from Utagawa Hiroshige's series "A Hundred Views of Famous Places in the Various Provinces."
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Frequently Asked Questions
A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "KYOTO SHIJO YU SUZUMI" was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in Late Edo period, dated 1859.
A HUNDRED VIEWS OF FAMOUS PLACES IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES, "KYOTO SHIJO YU SUZUMI" depicts landscapes.