About This Print
A small format reproduction of Hiroshige's depiction of Edo's theater district under a full moon. The print is mounted to the front of a holiday greeting card as shown below.
Source: Hokusai and Hiroshige: Great Japanese Prints from the James A. Michener Collection, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Julia M. White, et. al., The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1998, p. 237.
One of the great pleasures of the commoners of Edo was to watch Kabuki theater.... Sensitive to the interests of the people, Hiroshige depicts Saruwaka-machi, the street lined with famous Kabuki theaters and tea houses serving theater lovers.
A clear depiction of the complex facades of many buildings and street activities is greatly enhanced by Hiroshige's use of a steep linear perspective in the Western convention. Another notable influence from the West is the presence of shadow for each figure, even dogs and puppies.
original oban size print, 1856
14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (36.3 x 25.2 cm)
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #1448 |
| Title | Night View of Saruwaka-machi, No. 90 Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei 猿若町よるの景 |
| Series | One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景 |
| Artist | after Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858) |
| Signature | 廣重画 Hiroshige ga |
| Seal of the Artist | not sealed |
| Publication Date: Original Print | 1856, 9th month |
| Publication Date: Reproduction | c. 1930s |
| Publisher: Original Print | Uoya Eikichi |
| Publisher: Reproduction |  located in lower right corner |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | ukiyo-e, fukusei-ga |
| Format | yatsugiri |
| H x W Paper | 5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. (13.3 x 8.6 cm ) |
| H x W Image | 5 1/8 x 3 5/16 in. (13 x 8.4 cm) |
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