Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine, No. 41 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine was not as culturally lofty as this image suggests. Within the shrine precinct itself was located a theater and numerous tea stalls, and the bustling street was known throughout Japan for the prostitutes who plied their trade there.
lchigaya Hachiman was located at the western edge of a long bluff that in the Edo period was one of the estates of the Tokugawa family of Owari (Nagoya), and a watchtower and part of the outer barrack walls of the Owari mansion can be seen at the upper left. It was there that the novelist Mishima Yukio performed his dramatic ritual suicide in 1970.
This print is one of three in the series that have been ascribed to Hiroshige II.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine, No. 41 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 10th month of 1858. Woodblock print, 14 3/16 x 9 5/16in. (36 x 23.7cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (36 x 23.7 cm) Image: 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (33.6 x 22.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.41. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine, No. 41 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
10th month of 1858
Period
Edo Period, Ansei Era
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Woodblock print
Classification
Dimensions
14 3/16 x 9 5/16in. (36 x 23.7cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (36 x 23.7 cm) Image: 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (33.6 x 22.2 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige-ga
Markings
Publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.41
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