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Chiryu

Chiryu
by Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa)

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Artist: Hiroshige 1 Ando (1797-1858, Utagawa) — 歌川広重
Title: Chiryu
Series: 53 Stations of the Tokaido [Hoeido/Great Tokaido, oban yoko] — 東海道五拾三次之内 (保永堂東海道)
Date of first edition?: Not set
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: 29095
Notes (first edition)?: 
Notes (this edition)?: 
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

40 Chiryu
A number of horses tethered near a tree in the fields, where a fair is held in the summer.
This area was noted for Japanese iris(kakitsubata). A famouse poet who once passed by this vicinity adorned with irises composed a poem expressing the loneliness of his long journey from Kyoto where his wife remained.

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