Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako – Antique 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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A window into the past: Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Enshū akiba enkei fukuroi no tako
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This print shows a kite festival at Fukuroi in Enshū, the old name for the region of Tōtōmi Province in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, with the Akiba shrine in the distance. Fukuroi was known for its large kites, which were flown in competitions and festivals. The shrine was dedicated to a deity believed to guard against fire, a major danger in wooden towns. The sheet belongs to the series *One Hundred Famous Views of the Provinces*, issued in 1859, which presented scenic and cultural places across Japan in the late Edo period. Its color woodblock technique and open sky make the flying kites the clear focus.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.8 x 23.7 cm. |
| 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: Shōkoku meisho hyakkei : One hundred famous views of the country. 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. 83, p. 146. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Kites (Toys)--Japan--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,601 × 4,517 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221935 |
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