Mount Atago, Shiba, No. 21 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Hiroshige dramatically interrupts this view from Mount Atago in the district of Shiba southwest of Edo with a figure holding an immense rice paddle. The inscription over the artist's signature to the left identifies the figure as the central actor in the "Heaping Rice Ceremony" performed at the Atago Shrine on the third day of the New Year. In real life, this man was the proprietor of the Atagoya teahouse at the top of Mount Atago. Here however he is dressed in an elaborate costume emblematic of the New Year and of prayers for its bounty.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Mount Atago, Shiba, No. 21 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 8th month of 1857. Woodblock print, Image: 13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (34 x 22.5 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.21. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Mount Atago, Shiba, No. 21 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
8th month of 1857
Period
Edo Period, Ansei Era
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 13 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (34 x 22.5 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga; publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.21
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