Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22664

Okina Inari Shrine at Nihonbashi

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代: 1840-1847
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 1499 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

This <i>aizuri</i> or monochrome blue <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is interesting for the way it is made up of three smaller fan designs showing views of popular religious sites in Edo. The Okina Inari Shrine (left) was a small site situated to the immediate south-east of Nihonbashi, the bridge that was the geographical and symbolic centre of both Edo and Japan as a whole. One of scores of shrines in Edo and the Kanto hinterland dedicated to the harvest god Inari, it enjoyed a spell of intense popularity in the late 1830s for the good luck it was believed to bring to those who visited and gave offerings. The Myoken Hall (centre) was situated in the north-east part o…

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