Suruga Street (Suruga-cho) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1856
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The main street of Suraga-Cho, which is the old name of the province where Mount Fuji is located, appears to lead right up to the base of the mountain. The traditional Japanese cloud divides the print into thirds. The lower half of the print shows buildings of the predecessor to the Mitsukoshi chain of department stores. This textile retail business was the first to sell goods at fixed prices. Among the street are customers and merchants busily going about their day.
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: 1941-31-301
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