Yotsuya naitō shinjuku – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Yotsuya naitō shinjuku, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yotsuya naitō shinjuku
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Yotsuya Naitō-Shinjuku shows one of the post towns on the Kōshū Kaidō, the highway that ran west out of Edo toward the mountains. Shinjuku was a busy stop where travelers rested and horses were changed, and the record's subjects of city life and horses reflect that traffic. Published in 1857 in Utagawa Hiroshige's *One Hundred Famous Views of Edo*, this is a second impression, so its colors and inking come from a later printing of the blocks. The series, issued in the final years of Hiroshige's career, is known for turning everyday streets and landmarks into quiet records of the city.
| Created / published | 1857 |
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| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.6 x 22.2 cm (second impression) |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: vertical Oban Nishikie. From the series: Meisho edo hyakkei : One hundred famous views of Edo. Second impression Gift; Max Hausman; 1949 Oct. 5. Forms part of: Visual materials from Donald D. Walker collection. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 31, p. 67. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | City & town life--Japan--1850-1860. Horses--Japan--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,463 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221871 |
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