Yatsukoji, Inside Sujikai Gate, No. 9 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Yatsukoji, Inside Sujikai Gate, No. 9 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 11th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Image: 13 3/8 x 8 15/16 in. (34 x cm). Unlike Western plazas, Japanese urban hirokōi, or "broad spaces," were for passage rather than for gathering. Open public space on such a scale was unusual in Edo. Here it was made possible by the demands of constant traffic and by the government's insistence on creating a firebreak. Edo was one of the largest wood-built

Yatsukoji, Inside Sujikai Gate, No. 9 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando) (Japanese, 1797-1858). Yatsukoji, Inside Sujikai Gate, No. 9 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 11th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Image: 13 3/8 x 8 15/16 in. (34 x cm). Unlike Western plazas, Japanese urban hirokōi, or "broad spaces," were for passage rather than for gathering. Open public space on such a scale was unusual in Edo. Here it was made possible by the demands of constant traffic and by the government's insistence on creating a firebreak. Edo was one of the largest wood-built cities in the world and suffered many fires. Asian Art 11th month of 1857

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