Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock PrintName

No.073 The City Flourishing, the Tanabata Festival

From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

During the Edo period, Tanabata was celebrated not only with paper strips,

but also with gourds, watermelons, paper sake cups, inkstones,

and other items hung high above the eaves.

It was a magnificent sight that seemed to cover the sky.

This painting depicts the scene on Tanabata day in Minami-Tenma-cho, near Yaesu.

Part of Edo Castle can be seen in the far right.

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is a series of ukiyo-e prints

begun and largely completed by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Approx Image Size

Height 34.00 cm x Width 22.00 cm

(H 13.39″ x W 8.661″)

Date

These 120 woodblock prints (One hundred Famous View of Edo)

were reproduced in 1998-2004

by Tokyo traditional woodcut craft Association

for Two hundred anniversary of Utagawa Hiroshige birth.

Condition

Only perfect condition one.

Never rolled up.

Never framed, kept in professional condition.

Once in a while, we will be out of stock this print due to

keavy demand and slao procee of production team.

We recommend you to check the availability of this print

before place your order.

Once we are out of stock, it sometime takes few month to get for you.

Color

Refer to our Pictures

The color of the actualWoodblock Printmay be slightly different

from the images on our pictures.

It is impossible to show the actual color of

these fine art of woodblock prints and texture of Washi Paper.