Artwork preview

The Tanabata Festival, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image features a colorful Japanese woodblock print. The print depicts a landscape scene with a mountain in the background. The mountain is gray and cone-shaped, positioned on the center-left side. The sky is blue and fades to pinkish near the horizon. There are many thin bamboo trees with green leaves. The trees have colorful streamers and ribbons hanging from them. The streamers are red, blue, and yellow. In the foreground, there are several white-roofed buildings. The buildings appear to be houses. The print has a beige border. There is a red banner on the right side with black Japanese writing. There is another red banner on the left side with black Japanese writing. A small inset image is in the top-right corner. The inset image depicts a bridge over water.

Artwork details

Date:
1857
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
435 × 625 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (Shichu han'ei Tanabata Matsuri), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”
The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (Shichu han'ei Tanabata Matsuri), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)”
Autumn Moon at New Yoshiwara in Emonzaka (Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka shugetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"
Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka Aki no Tsuki
Asakusa River, Great Riverbank, Miyato River (Asakusagawa Okawabata Miyatogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
The Cave Door of Spring
Drummer from The Cave Door of Spring
Otsu: Distant View of Otsu and the Lake from the Kannon Hall of Mii Temple (Otsu, Miidera Kannondo yori Otsu no machi kosui chobo), no. 54 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)," also known as the Vertical Tokaido
Asakusa River, Great Riverbank, Miyato River (Asakusagawa Okawabata Miyatogawa), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Representation of the Dance-Play "Dōjōji"
Bai Juyi (Japanese: Hakurakuten), from the series "A True Mirror of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Shiika shashin kyo)"
Lady Xuanwen Giving Instruction on the Rites of Zhou
Yuhi Hill at Meguro in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meguro Yuhigaoka), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"
Conventionalized Design of Fans Floating on the River
Trees on a cliff above a river
Kasumigaseki, from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Koto meisho)"
Mount Kano in Kazusa Province (Kazusa Rokusozan), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)"
Fan-shaped Design Depicting Chinese Poet or Philosopher
No. 5: Yoshitsune Takes a Shortcut and Scales the Steep and Dangerous Precipice at Hiyodori Pass (Gokai, Kando ni omomuku Yoshitsune Hiyodori goe no kenshun nansho o yojinoboru), from the series "The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune ichidaiki no uchi)"
The Sand-Carrying Festival (Sunamochi Matsuri)
Designs of Writing-Paper with Flowers
A Man Shooting with a Blowpipe, illustration for the Conch Shell (Horagai), from the series "A Matching Game with Genroku-period Poem Shells (Genroku kasen kai awase)"
Pages from the illustrated book "Panoramic Views along the Banks of the Sumida River (Ehon Sumidagawa ryogan ichiran)"
Spring View from the Foot of Asuka Hill (Asukayama shita haru no kei), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)"