Five Pines, Onagi Canal, No. 97 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
The large pine tree in the foreground, its overhanging branch carefully supported by three posts, is another one of several famous pines depicted in this series. The name Five Pines originated in the planting of five separate trees at intervals along the Onagi Canal. By this date, four had died, leaving only this one. It was a huge old tree, growing out over the water from within the walls of an estate of the daimyo, or military lord, of Ayabe.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Five Pines, Onagi Canal, No. 97 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 7th 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, 30.1478.97. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
Five Pines, Onagi Canal, No. 97 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Date
7th 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
Publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei. Date and censor seal at top margin.
Credit Line
Gift of Anna Ferris
Accession Number
30.1478.97
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