The Second Block of the Miroku Licensed Pleasure Quarter by the Abe River in Fuchū, no. 20 from the series Pictures of Famous Places at the Fifty-three Stations (Vertical Tōkaidō)
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The Second Block of the Miroku Licensed Pleasure Quarter by the Abe River in Fuchū, no. 20 from the series Pictures of Famous Places at the Fifty-three Stations (Vertical Tōkaidō)
1855 - 185519th
13.5 in. x 8.9 in. (34.29 cm x 22.6 cm)
Utagawa Hiroshige (also called Ichiryusai Hiroshige; Andō Hiroshige), (1797–1858)
User Text 1 The Tōkaidō, or “eastern sea road,” was an important preindustrial roadway connecting Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto in Japan. Fifty-three official stations along the Tōkaidō offered places to stop for a meal, shop for supplies, enjoy local entertainment, and find lodging. This woodcut representing the station Fuchū depicts a liscened pleasure district.
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut
Credit Line:
Bequest of John H. Van Vleck
Accession Number:
1980.1083
Oban
Current Location:
Chazen : 265 : C : 2 : B : Sz2
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Tōkaidō: Nineteenth-Century Japanese Landscape Prints Elvehjem Museum of Art , 12/13/1986 - 2/8/1987
- Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan Chazen Museum of Art , 9/4/2004 - 11/7/2004
Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 343 in. x 8.9 in. (871.22 cm x 22.6 cm)
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