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)
- Related Titles
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
- 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
- Exhibitions
2005 Crowd Appeal: Impressions of Edo Japan Portland Art Museum
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum