Evening Glow at Seta (Seta no Sekisho), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei)
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Object Label
“Eight Views of Omi Province” was the most common Japanese adaptation of the Chinese theme “Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers.” In the Omi version, the motif of “fishing village at sunset” was located in the town of Seta, famous for its bridge. The same subject, focusing on the small island that divides the two spans of the bridge, can be found in the very early print by Masanobu, also on view here.
Caption
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Evening Glow at Seta (Seta no Sekisho), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei), ca. 1834. Color woodblock print on paper, Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (23.1 x 35.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (22.6 x 35.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 39.585. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
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Title
Evening Glow at Seta (Seta no Sekisho), from Eight Views of the Province Omi (Omi Hakkei)
Date
ca. 1834
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 1/16 in. (23.1 x 35.6 cm) Image: 8 15/16 x 13 7/8 in. (22.6 x 35.1 cm)
Signatures
Hiroshige egaku
Credit Line
Frank L. Babbott Fund
Accession Number
39.585
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