Suwa Bluff, Nippori, No. 15 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Suwa Shrine was located just across the road from the rear entrance of the temple depicted in the previous print, right on the edge of the Suwa Bluff, to which it lent its name. From within the shrine precincts, a broad panorama opened to the northeast. In the far distance are the silhouettes of two mountain groups that appear several times in this series. To the right is the twin-peaked Mount Tsukuba, which appears eleven times in the series, the western Male Peak usually shown higher than the Female Peak even though it is actually twenty feet lower.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Suwa Bluff, Nippori, No. 15 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 5th month of 1856. Woodblock print, Image: 13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.15. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Suwa Bluff, Nippori, No. 15 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
5th month of 1856
Period
Edo Period, Ansei Era
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/2 x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga
Markings
Publisher, censor, and date seals not visible, probably lost when left edge was trimmed.
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.15
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