Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22494

The Mimeguri Shrine from the Opposite Side of the Crossing

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1854
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
2000 × 1618 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

The night view in this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print design) by Hiroshige is from the western side of the Sumida river, taken from the upper floor of one of the restaurants to the north of the Imado Bridge in Edo's Imado Asakusa district. The vertical blue banner tells us that the speciality of the restaurant is <i>soba</i>, or buckwheat noodles. The <i>torii</i> gate (the two-column entrance) of the Mimeguri Shrine can be seen across the river, partially cut off by the wooden pillar in the foreground. Steps marking the start of the Takeya ferry crossing lead up to the Shrine from a break in the row of stakes protecting the river-bank. Materials: Woodblock print on paper

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