HIROSHIGE Woodblock Print "Takanawa Ushimachi"

“Takanawa Ushimachi"

(Oxtown, Takanawa)

by

Ando Hiroshige

Printed in 1857

Signed: Hiroshige ga

Series: Edo Meisho Hyakkei (“One Hundred Famous Views of Edo”)

Number 81 in the series
Publisher: Uoei
Censors Seal: Aratamed

Size; Oban 9 1/2" x 14 1/2"

Print is unbacked and in excellent condition, no creases or folds.  Good impression.

Comes with Certificate of Authenticity

A rainbow crosse a grey sky above a harbour dotted with saining boats and others at anchor, it’s colours duplicated in two half-eaten slices of melon lying on the shore by the wheel and shafts of an up-turned cart, beneath which two puppies are playing.  This view depicts the fringe of Edo, ragged and unkempt, just outside of the Takanawa Gate, which marked the formal southern entrance to the city. Cast-off objects litter the road, adding a poetic touch: the discarded straw sandal evokes a long journey that has finally ended here, at the gateway to Edo. The huge section of an oxcart to the right marks the place as Ushimachi, or "Oxtown," the popular name for Shiba Kuruma-chō, which lay on both sides of the Takanawa Gate

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