

The Tanabata Festival, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
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
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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