The Yodo River, from the series Famous Places of Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi, Yodo-gawa)
During the Edo period, large cargo vessels carried commoners along the Yodo River between Kyoto and Osaka, a journey of about one day upstream and half a day downstream. Near the midpoint, they were met by vendor boats. Shouting in the local dialect, the vendors called out: “Burdock soup? Sweet rice cakes?” The phrase kurawanka, meaning “Won’t you eat?,” became a signature of these lively river hawkers
Artwork Details
- 歌川広重画 「京都名所之内 淀川」
- Yodogawa
- Title: The Yodo River, from the series Famous Places of Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi, Yodo-gawa)
- Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo))
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: 1834
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 15 in. (26.0 x 38.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
- Object Number: JP2882
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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