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.
