View of Shiba Coast, No. 108 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
As one of the very first prints produced in the series, this image of the Shiba coast along Edo Bay provides early evidence of the distinctive type of composition found later in the series, in which a cut-off section of an enlarged foreground element is set against a distant landscape. We can see the artist working toward a clear division of the foreground and background elements into different spaces. However, the space of the large A-frame channel marker in the foreground is still read as continuous with the background, particularly because of the second marker in the distance. As a result, the boats on the right seem strangely dwarfed in size. The presence of the seal of the carver, Hori-Sen, in the lower left corner confirms the image's early date. After only three prints, the carver's seal was excluded from the series.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797–1858. View of Shiba Coast, No. 108 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 2nd month of 1856. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.108. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.108_PS20.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
View of Shiba Coast, No. 108 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
2nd month of 1856
Period
Edo Period, Ansei Era
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga
Markings
No publisher's seal visible-probably lost when left margin was trimmed. Date seal and censor seal at upper margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.108
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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