Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 29202
The Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeizaka
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
- Date / 年代
- 1856
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 404 × 600 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 朝倉レン
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
First Edition: 100 Views of Edo Artist: Hiroshige I Format: Oban tate-e: 14" x 9.5" Subject: 'The Armor-Hanging Pine, Hakkeizaka'. The Pine-lined Tokaido highway passes in the distance along the bay, situated well to the south, beyond Shinagawa at the Edo city limit, which is seen as a small settlement jutting out into Edo Bay on the middle left. Beyond Shinagawa, we can make out the form of the city itself, surmounted by the Nikko Mountains, and the to its right the low silhouette of the Chiba Peninsula. The centre of attraction is the grand but oddly shaped pine-tree, the 'Armor-Hanging Pine' of the title. Legend has it that the warrior Minamoto Yoshiie stopped by here to rest on his way…
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