Furukawa River, Hiroo,( Furukawa Hiroo) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This birds-eye view of the blue Furukawa River shows the ruggedness of the windy pathway that becomes swallowed up in the green meadow landscape. Throughout the journey, eventually flowing into Edo Bay, its name changes from the Shibuya River to the Akabane River, Shinhori River, and Kanasugi River. There are four significant bridges from Ichi-no-hashi to Shi-no-hashi. Here is a view of the landscape showing travelers crossing one of the bridges and the Fox restaurant (kitsune), which is still known today for its eel (unagi). Many of the scenes from Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo allude to local specialties (meibutsu). Today Hiroo is part of Tokyo’s bustling city streets, filled with expensive apartments, embassy buildings and of course luxurious restaurants, which feature eel specialties.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-260
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper