Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22947

Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge

吾妻橋金龍山遠望

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代: 1857
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital record / 画像記録: 750 × 1028 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: British Museum
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ
Rights / 権利: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum

Catalog note / 解説

One Hundred Views of Edo: # 39 Artist: Hiroshige I Format: Oban tate-e: 14.5" x 9.75" Subject: 'Distant View of Kinryuzan Temple and Azuma Bridge'. A gust of Spring wind carries a shower of cherry petals over the roof of a pleasure boat with a half hidden Geisha with an elaborate hairpin and an elegantly patterned Obi and overgarnment, which is setting out from the Mukojima side of the Sumida and heading across to the mouth of the San'ya Canal. The example being offered is first state of the first edition with purple bokashi at top. For an example of the second state see 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', Brooklyn Museum # 39. Examples of first edition impressions have become increasingly r…

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