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The Tanabata Festival

The Tanabata Festival
by Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa)

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Artist: Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa) — 歌川広重
Title: The Tanabata Festival
Series: 100 Views of Famous Places in Edo [oban tateye] — 名所江戸百景
Date of first edition?: 1856-1859
Publisher (first edition)?: Not Set
Publisher (this edition)?: Not Set
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Not Set
Format (this edition): Not Set
DB artwork code: 28493
Notes (first edition)?: 
Notes (this edition)?: 
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The Tanabata Festival, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

The annual festival held on the seventh day of the seventh month is known as the Tanabata Festival. In the town of Edo, tall bamboo posts were set up with ingenious decorations, and they made a grand spectacle throughout town. Has the artist, Hiroshige, depicted such a scene from his own rooftop? Mt. Fuji rises in the distance, and the forest of decorated bamboo posts covers the town. This is proud depiction of the prosperous town of Edo

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