#59 Open Garden at Hachiman Shrine, Fukagawa, Utagawa Hiroshige

Artwork Overview

Utagawa Hiroshige, #59 Open Garden at Hachiman Shrine, Fukagawa
Utagawa Hiroshige, #59 Open Garden at Hachiman Shrine, Fukagawa
Utagawa Hiroshige
#59 Open Garden at Hachiman Shrine, Fukagawa
1857, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
#59 Open Garden at Hachiman Shrine, Fukagawa, 1857, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: 名所江戸百景 Meisho Edo Hyakkei (One-hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 342 x 227 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 361 x 240 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 7/16 x 8 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift from the Dean and Mary Beth Kipp Hiroshige Wood Block Print Collection
Accession number: 1999.0008
Not on display
Add to portfolio

If you wish to reproduce this image, please submit an image request

Images

Label texts

Exhibition Label:
Installation related to "Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940," Feb-2005, Hillary Pedersen
This garden was part of the Hachiman Shrine and Eitaiji complex, the largest religious establishment east of the Sumida River that combined Shinto and Buddhism. Although this was one of the most famous gardens in all of nineteenth century Edo, it was only open for about 25 consecutive days of the year. During this short period the pink cherry trees and red azaeleas would not have been in bloom at the same time, but Hiroshige depicted the garden with all the flowers at their peak. The hill in the background was intended as a miniature Mount Fuji, but much of the garden was transformed into a playing field after World War II, and the site of the mini-Fuji was razed to make room for a parking lot in 1965.

Exhibitions

Tokyo: The Imperial Capital - Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940 (complimentary prints from permanent collection)
2005