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Takanawa no aki no tsuki
Takanawa no aki no tsuki
Takanawa no aki no tsuki

Takanawa no aki no tsuki

Maker (Japanese, 1842 - 1894)
Date1871, 11th month
MediumColor woodblock print
Dimensions14 x 19 1/4 in. (35.6 x 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Herman Pines in honor of Dr. Julius Steiglitz
Object number1989.14c
Status
Not on view
Description

In 19th-century Europe the organic chemical industry made possible the synthesis of water-soluble aniline dyes. At first used to dye cloth, the affordable yet intense colors soon found their way into the studios of Japanese printmakers, where they were applied to all genres of print. The new Western colors became synonymous with celebratory depictions of the new social and political landscape in Meiji-period Japan. This album epitomizes the association of bright colors with the pageantry and building projects of the new regime.

 Resource: Chelsea Foxwell and Anne Leonard, Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints, exh. cat. (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, 2012), p. 30.

Hashiba no rakugan (Descending Wild Geese in Hashiba)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 11th month
Tôkyô han'ei ryûkô no ôrai
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1870, 8th month
Tōkyō Tsukiji hoterukan (The Hotel at Tsukiji, Tokyo)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1870, 6th month
Hoteru-kan no banshô (Evening Bell at the Tsukiji Hotel)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 11th month
Ryôgoku no seiran (Fog in Sunny Day of Two Countries)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 11th month
Sumita-tsutsumi sekishō (Sumida Embankment Sunset)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 11th month
Tōkyō Tsukiji hatoba hoterukan no kei (A view of Tokyo Tsukiji Wharf Hotel)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1870, 8th month or 1872
Nihonbashi no bosetsu (Snowfall in Nihonbashi)
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 11th month
Sôshû Odawara Dôryô Daibosatu Ekôin
Utagawa Hiroshige III (広重三代)
1871, 3rd month