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Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1856
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in. (35.9 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1434
Status
Not on view
More Information
No. 90 (fall section) on the title page for the series. In this moonlit scene crowds of townspeople, and even a few dogs, fill a long avenue in the Edo theater district. In 1841, the government took advantage of a destructive fire and moved all three kabuki theaters to the outskirts of town. In this fine example of Hiroshige’s mastery of one-point perspective, the avenue extends deep into the distance. On the right are the towers of the three theaters, Moritaza, Ichimuraza, and Nakamuraza. Shadows were another Western art convention that had begun to appear in Japanese art at this time.
Exhibition History
Highlights from the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 15, 1988 - June 12, 1988 )
The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 9, 1988 - October 16, 1988 )
Lines of Descent: Masters and Students in the Utagawa School
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 24, 2017 - May 21, 2017 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian
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