Shitaya Hirokōji (Shitaya Hirokōji)

Description

Colour woodblock print, entitled Shitaya Hirokōji (Shitaya Hirokōji), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting the Benten Shrine in the foreground, with mountains, a street scene of commercial buildings, samurai and a festival procession in the background: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Museum reference

A.1887.745.39.49

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Uoya Eikichi, Publisher

Date

1856

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia