The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival, No. 73 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Portuguese explorers and traders arrived by sea in the kingdom of Benin in 1485. Representations of the Portuguese were quickly incorporated into the art of the royal court. They were invariably represented wearing sixteenth-century European dress, with long hair, flowing beards, and moustaches. These depictions symbolized the wealth that the obas (kings) of Benin derived from foreign trade. One of the chief commodities imported from Portugal was the copper from which the plaques were made.

Caption

Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797–1858. The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival, No. 73 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 7th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.73. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.73_PS20.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival, No. 73 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Date

7th month of 1857

Period

Edo Period, Ansei Era

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Woodblock print

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm)

Signatures

Hiroshige-ga

Markings

Publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei

Credit Line

Gift of Anna Ferris

Accession Number

30.1478.73

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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