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Cotton-Good Shops, Odenma-cho, #7 in the series One Hundred Views of Edo
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
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Object number1960/1.343

Cotton-Good Shops, Odenma-cho, #7 in the series One Hundred Views of Edo

Artist (Japanese, 1797-1858)
Date1858
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensionsmat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
mount: 18 1/2 × 13 5/8 in. (47 × 34.6 cm)
sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (34.8 × 23.2 cm)
image: 13 3/8 × 8 7/8 in. (34 × 22.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Fillette Many
Exhibition History"The Arts of China and Japan: Selections from the Collection," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Dec. 15, 2012 - June 9, 2013). "Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).Label TextTwo geisha (female entertainers) and an attendant return home, perhaps a little tipsy after an engagement. At this late (or very early?) hour, the commercial street is otherwise empty. We can just peek into one of the shops selling cotton fabric—either the last to close in the evening or the first to open in the morning. The converging lines of the architecture along the lane indicate Hiroshige’s awareness of Western-style perspective, which creates a dramatic illusion of depth.