Descriptive Information

Title

Somei no Uekiya.

Call Number

E Row 1/GC063/Box 03/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01156

Identifier

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/t148fh251

Publisher

[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1803.

Language

No linguistic content

Date Created

1803

Extent

1 item ; sheet 22.8 x 15.8 cm.

Source Acquisition

Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Notes

Medium: Nishiki-e (color woodblock print)

Format: Chûban tate-e.

Item description: Somei no Uekiya is the name of the first potted flower shop in Edo.

Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.

Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject

Landscapes—Japan—Tokyo—1803

Landscapes—East Asia—1803

Nurseries (Horticulture)—Japan—Tokyo—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count

1

Institutional Information

Collection

Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/85952de0-4caf-4e8d-9ed9-37cec0642e8e/manifest

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