The Village of Yase (Yase no sato 八瀬之里), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto” (Kyōto meisho no uchi 京都名所之内)
The Village of Yase (Yase no sato 八瀬之里), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto” (Kyōto meisho no uchi 京都名所之内)

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The Village of Yase (Yase no sato 八瀬之里), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto” (Kyōto meisho no uchi 京都名所之内),

ca. 1834 [Tenpō 5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1996-213
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Asian Art website: Yase Village

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Title
The Village of Yase (Yase no sato 八瀬之里), from the series “Famous Views of Kyoto” (Kyōto meisho no uchi 京都名所之内)
Dates

ca. 1834 [Tenpō 5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
21.5 x 33.5 cm. (8 7/16 x 13 3/16 in.) mat: 36.1 x 49.9 cm. (14 3/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anne van Biema
Object Number
1996-213
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
Hiroshige ga 広重画
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, woodblock prints, oban
Materials
ink, paper, oban, color
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
views, figures (representations), villages

–1996 Anne van Biema collection (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1996.

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