Narumi: meisan Aimatsu shiboriten (Narumi: Aimatsu Local Speciality Shibori Shop)

Description

Colour woodblock print 41 entitled Narumi: meisan Aimatsu shiboriten (Narumi: Aimatsu Local Speciality Shibori Shop) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a street scene, with long strips of cloth that have been hung from a wooden frame blowing in the breeze in the foreground: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.30

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Arimatsu shiboriten
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Narumi, Midori-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland