Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 25329

View From the Sumida River Embankment

隅田川 堤の景

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1928
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 792 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
白石カナ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Artist: Hiroshige I Format: Oban yoko-e: each sheet: 9.75" x 14.75" Subject: This set of 8 snow scenes in the Eastern Capital was published in 1928 by Shotaro Sato of Kyoto. The original black and white drawings were apparently exported to Europe and ended up in the hands of a distinguished French judge and collector Emile Javal. Mr. Sato paid a visit to Mr. Javal in 1927 and obtained permission to print the set. Having procured craftsmen considered to be the best at that time, the block-cutter, Yujiro Maeda and the printer, Gasen Oiwa, he set about the task. The original drawings bore a censorship mark, a nanushi (ward headman's) seal Fukatsu who is recorded to have worked between 1840 to…

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