Night View of Matsuchi Hill and the Sanya Canal (Matsuchiyama Sanyabori yakei), no. 34 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Night View of Matsuchi Hill and the Sanya Canal (Matsuchiyama Sanyabori yakei), no. 34 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

1857 (series published 1856-1858)

Utagawa Hiroshige

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Ukiyo-e printers occasionally emphasized the materiality of their process, incorporating the wood grain from the printing blocks into the finished print. Called mokumezuri (wood-grain effect), this process was usually reserved for areas that called for monochrome or gradated color, often skies and water, resulting in decorative effect.

Artist
Utagawa Hiroshige
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi
Title
Night View of Matsuchi Hill and the Sanya Canal (Matsuchiyama Sanyabori yakei), no. 34 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Date
1857 (series published 1856-1858)
Object Type
Print
Medium
Color woodcut with mica
Dimensions
Image: 339 x 227 mm (13 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 358 x 242 mm (14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Accession Number
1963.30.5149

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