The Torinomachi Festival in the Asakusa Ricefields (Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi mōde), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Date1857
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 3/4 × 10 3/16 in. (37.4 × 25.9 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1445
Status
Not on viewNo. 101 (winter section) on the title page for the series. Out of view to the left, a courtesan is with a customer who has brought a gift of rake-shaped hair ornaments, which lie on the tatami floor. Because the festival takes place on the day of the “tori,” or rooster, a collection of bird motifs is also visible. There are geese flying in the sky, a bird-wing pattern (tori dasuki mon) on the edge of the folding screen, a “lucky sparrow” motif decorating the wall under the window, and a feather pattern on the hand cloth. Furthermore, the scene takes place in the evening, the hour of the rooster.
Exhibition History
Japanese Prints from the Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 18, 1979 - October 21, 1979 )
Masterpieces of Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (December 11, 1984 - January 27, 1985 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
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 )
Quality and Technique in Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 4, 1996 - December 22, 1996 )
Monet and Japan
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (March 9, 2001 - June 11, 2001 )
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (July 6, 2001 - September 16, 2001 )
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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