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August 2015 Archives

Shukado Newsletter vol. 106

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Dear Customers and Friends,

Hello from AkikoYamada sending you Shukado newsletter.
Scorching summer days have continued in Tokyo!
But on the other hand, there are a lot of funs in the summer of Japan.
For example, fireworks displays, wearing a yukata(Japanese cotton kimono), and Japanese food, especially grilled eel!
I would like to survive this hot summer with them.
This is today's lineup.

Index

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Special Feature; Fireworks
New Items
Holiday Notice
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Fireworks festival is one of the highlight of summer in Japan.
This is a famous work depicting the Ryōgoku fireworks.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-88-164/Hiroshige/One-hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--Ryogoku-Firework
There are many kinds of fireworks and the fireworks depicted in this print seems to be "poka-mono".
You can see the phots of many fireworks below.
http://sumidagawa-hanabi.com/index_eg.html
This Sumidagawa fireworks display began to comfort the spirits of a number of people who passed away by epidemic in 1732.
People in the Edo period were looking forward to the beautiful fireworks. So there are a lot of Ukiyo-e depiction fireworks. Let's look them!

This is a scene of Ryogoku Bridge packed with people watching fireworks.
In fact the bridge was broken due to the weight of people in 1897.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-237/Toyokuni/Fireworks-at-Ryogoku-Bridge

Houseboats, called yakatabune were popular.
Rich people enjoyed watching fireworks eating food and drinking sake.
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-252/Kuniyoshi/Women-watching-Fireworks
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-229-01//Thirty-six-Landmarks-of-Edo--Fireworks-of-Ryogoku
You can check the history of Yakatabune below.
http://www.yakatabune-kumiai.jp/en/
Yakatabune is still popular today and we can enjoy them all the year.

If the timing is right, how about going to the fireworks display?

New items!
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Hiroshige One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Kon'yacho in Kanda
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-248/Hiroshige/One-Hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--Kon-yacho-in-Kanda

Hiroshige One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Figure to see the village of Sekiya
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-288/Hiroshige/One-Hundred-Famous-Views-of-Edo--Figure-to-see-the-village-of-Sekiya

Hiroshige Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Kyoto
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-272/Hiroshige/Fifty-three-Stations-of-the-Tokaido--Kyoto

Hiroshige Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations, Nihombashi
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-261/Hiroshige/Famous-Sights-of-the-Fifty-three-Stations--Nihombashi

Eizan Beauty at Shinanoya
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-192/Eizan/Beauty-at-Shinanoya

Eisen  Beauty
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-164/Eisen-/Beauty

Kuniyoshi Enoshima Island in Sagami Province
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-170/Kuniyoshi/Enoshima-Island-in-Sagami-Province

Chikanobu Azuma Fuzoku(12 works and index of works)
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-257/Chikanobu/Azuma-Fuzoku(12-works-and-index-of-works)

Yoshida Toshi Pine, Bamboo, and Japanese Plum
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-89-074//Pine--Bamboo--and-Japanese-Plum

Ito Shinsui New Cotton Kimono
http://www.japanese-finearts.com/item/list2/A1-90-203/Ito-Shinsui/New-Cotton-Kimono

We renew our website almost every day!
Please visit our website.
If you have any question, please feel free to contact us!

Holiday Notice

Our gallery will be closed on 12 - 16 Aug for summer holidays.
For those who inquire by e-mail or phone, we will give you a reply after 17 Aug.

Sincerel yours,

Akiko Yamada

Ukiyoe Gallery SHUKADO

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