Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22502
The Banks of the Sumida River
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1857
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1525 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 星野アカリ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
The ribmarks faintly visible in the sky add a certain drama to the strongly receding view of the upper reaches of the Sumida river in this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige. To the north-east, some 65 kilometres away, the distinctive shape of Mount Tsukuba rises on the darkening horizon. From our position in the middle of the Azuma Bridge, the northernmost of the four bridges that spanned the Sumida river, we can see among the trees to the left the roof of the Shoten Shrine at Matsuchiyama. Just beyond lies the entrance to the San'yabori Canal, the point at which travellers to the Yoshiwara licensed pleasure quarter would alight from their boats to make the final part of…
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