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- Museum number
- 1906,1220,0.915
- Title
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Object: Yodogawa 淀川 (Yodo River)
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Series: Kyoto meisho no uchi 京都名所之内 (Famous Places in Kyoto)
- Description
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Woodblock print. Packed ferry boat, with smaller boat selling snacks, cuckoo flying across a full moon. 1 of 2 impressions.
- Production date
- 1834 (circa)
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- Curator's comments
- Though it has many local names, the Yodo River is the main river flowing out of Lake Biwa and passing through Kyoto and Osaka out to the Inland Sea. Here passengers in a large ferryboat are being hawked refreshments from one of the small Kurawanka ("won't you eat?") boats that plied the river. Hiroshige has copied almost line for line the illustration by Shunchosai in "Miyako meisho zue" (1780,
displayed below), eliminating the famous waterwheel of Yodo
castle from the backgroung and inserting a full moon, cuckoo and clouds to evoke a more lyrical atmosphere. Such borrowings are not uncommon in the history of Ukiyo-e printmaking. (label copy, TTC, 1997)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1906,1220,0.915