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Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"

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Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1856. Color woodblock print; oban.

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Color woodblock print; oban · 37 × 25.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title
Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
Date
1856
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
37 × 25.2 cm (14 9/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Chester W. Wright
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1797–1858

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

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Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)" · Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856
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Pine of Success and Oumayagashi, Asakusa River (Asakusagawa shubi no matsu Oumayagashi), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", Utagawa Hiroshige

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