Japan: The Gate of the Shimabara, Kyoto's red light district, from the series 'Famous Places in the Capital' (Miyako meisho no uchi), Hasegawa Sadanobu I (1809-1879), 1870-71

Sadanobu's small landscapes of Kyoto and Osaka were produced very much with the Edo artist Hiroshige's in mind. Indeed, he also did miniature copies of some of Hiroshige's most famous designs.

Although this series shows famous places in Kyoto, single-sheet colour prints were not, as a rule, published in the capital. Almost all landscape views of the Kansai region were published in Osaka.

Copyright:

Supplier: CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Credit:

Pictures From History