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Shin Yoshiwara Nakanochō no zu (Central Avenue, New Yoshiwara), from the series Uki-e wakoku no keiseki (Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures)


Utagawa Toyoharu, Shin Yoshiwara Nakanochō no zu (Central Avenue, New Yoshiwara), from the series Uki-e wakoku no keiseki (Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures), 1775, color woodblock print on paper; yoko ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.189

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Title

Shin Yoshiwara Nakanochō no zu (Central Avenue, New Yoshiwara), from the series Uki-e wakoku no keiseki (Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures)

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display title; catalog entry: Shin Yoshiwara Nakanochō no zu (Central Avenue, New Yoshiwara), from the series Uki e wakoku no keiseki (Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures)

original language: 新吉原中町の図

series (original language): 浮絵和国景跡

series (translated): Scenes of Japan in Perspective Pictures

series (transliterated): Uki-e wakoku no keiseki

translated: Central Avenue, New Yoshiwara

transliterated: Shin Yoshiwara Nakanochō no zu

Artist

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)

Related People

publisher: Nishimura Yohachi (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Date

1775

Period

Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)

Medium

color woodblock print on paper; yoko ōban nishiki-e

Catalogue Raisonné

Graybill 2011, cat. 68

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 15 1/8 in x 9 5/8 in; sheet: 10 5/16 in x 15 9/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

publisher's mark: 版元, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, bottom right Transliteration (Translation): hanmoto (publisher) Language: Japanese

publisher's mark: 永壽堂 / 西村屋, printed in black ink within a rectangular cartouche, right edge, below the artist's name Transliteration (Translation): Eijudō / Nishimuraya ([seal of the publisher Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Eijudō 永寿堂 active c.1751-1860.

title: 新吉原中町の圖 (志んよしわらなかのてうのづ), printed in black ink, within a cartouche along the right edge of the print, just below the series title Transliteration (Translation): Shin Yoshiwara Nakamachi no zu (Picture of Central Avenue in New Yoshiwara) Language: Japanese Description: Note that 'furigana' (hiragana indicating the pronunciation of the characters) appear to the right of the Chinese characters (kanji)

series title: 浮繪和國景跡 (うきゑヮこくのけいせき), printed in black ink, at the top of a vertical cartouche at the right edge of the print Transliteration (Translation): Uki-e wakoku keiseki (Perspective Pictures: Scenes of Japan) Language: Japanese Description: Note that 'furigana' (hiragana indicating the pronunciation of the characters) appear to the right of the Chinese characters (kanji)

signature: 哥川豊春画, printed in black ink, within a vertical cartouche along the right edge of the print, about center Transliteration (Translation): Utagawa Toyoharu ga (picture [by] Utagawa Toyoharu) Language: Japanese

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Traditional Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

Accession Number

32.189

Copyright

public domain

Terms

Edo

Japanese woodblock prints

nishiki-e

relief printing

relief prints

The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection

woodcuts

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