Bamboo poles hung with colorful paper festival decorations sway over Edo rooftops under a blue sky, with Mount Fuji on the horizon, in a Japanese woodblock…
An antique colored map of Edo, old Tokyo, showing the castle, canals and city blocks in cream, red and blue.
Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

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Tanabata Festival, Tokyo

Pictures by Utagawa Hiroshige

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Hiroshige's Tanabata Festival shows bamboo poles hung with paper streamers, a gourd and a watermelon slice, rising over the rooftops of old Edo with Mount Fuji on the horizon. The print comes from his beloved series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, and inside lies an old map of the city. For someone who loves Tokyo or Japanese art.

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Tokyo · Woodblock print / TANABATA FESTIVAL / Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857 / Bamboo poles hung with colorful paper decorations rise over Edo's rooftops, with Mount Fuji on the horizon. It comes from Hiroshige's beloved series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.

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