Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22999
Dyers' Quarter, Kanda (Kanda Kon'ya-chô)
神田紺屋町
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1857
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 750 × 1127 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- British Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 黒川トウマ
- Rights / 権利
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
Catalog note / 解説
100 Views of Edo Artist: Hiroshige I Format: Oban tate-e: 14.75" x 10" Subject: Dyers' Quarter, Kanda. Stirred by the Autumn wind, long strips of freshly dyed cotton fabric hang from drying platforms erected high above dyers' shops in the Kanda district. The fabric will later be used to make Tenugui, cotton strips that were used as towels and headbands and that became a common gift and souvenir item in the Edo period, they remain so today. Through the fabric, in the distance a view of a snow capped Mount Fuji. Publisher: Uoya Eikichi Date: 11th Month 1857 Condition: Fine colors. Full size with large margins. A few tiny nicks in left margin. Minor soils, marks and flaws. Generally fine state…
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