Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei (Night View of Saruwaka-machi)

Description

Colour woodblock print, entitled Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei (Night View of Saruwaka-machi), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting a street scene under the full moon, with lit-up theatres and strollers casting shadows: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Museum reference

A.1887.745.39.54

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