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

Utagawa Hiroshige

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)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

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

Print

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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