https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/107942/fullThe City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival: #73 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo1857Color woodblock print; oban sizeBequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 189557.0380Festival arose out of ancient Chinese legend and became a day of weaving and sewing; love poems were offered on the flying papers on bamboo poles to the star-lovers honored by the festival; fishnet is an emblem of bounty, sake cup and gourd flask are emblems of drink, merchant items are to the lower left, and seasonal offerings to the right; this is the only print that does not indicate a specific place in the city, shichu means "throughout the city," however, this is Hiroshige's own house; such personal details infuse the print with human presence despite the absence of a single figure.Prints1838671038Utagawa Hiroshige57.038