Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22686
Three Women Visiting the Okina Inari 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 × 1619 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 黒川トウマ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
The characters <i>Daimyojin</i> and <i>Okina</i> that figure on the banner and paper lantern to the left of this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige identify the location as the Okina Inari Shrine. This was situated in the heart of Edo's busy Southern Nihonbashi district in grounds that were much more cramped than is suggested in this idealised evening view. Mount Fuji rises in the south-west above a bank of purple clouds, and to the right we catch a glimpse of crowds crossing the bridge at Nihonbashi. Further beyond, on the horizon, the roofs of the outbuildings of Edo Castle are just visible. The woman on the right is carrying an <i>ema</i> or votive picture to give as a…
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