Hiroshige ukiyoe - Tanabata in old Edo

ukiyoe woodblock print by the famous artist Utagawa Hiroshige, depicting the Tanabata Festival in Edo (present-day Tokyo). Houses with Fuji in distance. Unlike today, in the Edo period, people placed decorations on tall bamboo and put them up high on the rooftops! That's why it looks like a forest above the homes. 大江戸市中七夕祭 Town of Edo - Tanabata festival from the series 富士三十六景 Thirty-six Views of Mt Fuji

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