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HIROSHIGE Ando

FICHE 11424

(1797 - 1858)

Silk-goods Lane, Ôdenma-chô (Ôdenma-chô gofukudana)

from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

 

woodcut in colours (nishiki-e)

1858

A Hiroshige ga signed impression, published by Uoya Eikichi, censor's seals Horse 7 (cut off of this impression). Hiroshige depicts here a procession parading in a street of the luxurious district of Odemmachô. Led by the foreman, this procession closed the party symbolizing the end of construction of a house. We can see on the print shops selling silk fabrics, which was a specialty of this shopping district.

Sheet: ôban (about 355 x 245 mm.)

References : M. Ouspenski n° 74, several impressions are preserved in the MFA of Boston. 

Condition: impression laid on strong Japan paper; soft small printing defects. 

750 €