Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22685

The Kameido Tenmangu Shrine

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1847-1848
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
2000 × 1571 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
水野ナギ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

The ribmarks visible on this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige help to moderate the composition's strong sense of perspective. The structure in the centre with its complex arrangement of roofs is the main building of the Kameido Tenmangu Shrine in the north-east part of Edo's Honjo district. We are looking northwards from immediately in front of the <i>taikobashi</i> or drum bridge for which, along with the wisteria that can be seen blooming on trellises around the lake in the middle of the grounds, the shrine was and still is famous. Patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate (the ruling military family), the shrine was dedicated to the deified Sugawara Michizane (845-903), p…

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