Night View of the Matsuchiyama and Sam'ya Canal (Matsuchiyama San'yabori Yakei)

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Utagawa Hiroshige, Night View of the Matsuchiyama and Sam'ya Canal (Matsuchiyama San'yabori Yakei), 1857, woodblock print, 36 x 23.5 cm

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121648

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A geisha illuminated by the night lights appears to be walking along the canal. In the background, there are lights of restaurants and shops. one of the few prints that show the portrait of a person, a person focusing on where the person is going.

  • Jesus Martinez Gomez

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