Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Uoya Eikichi (Japanese, 19th century), publisher
Title
Mount Atago, Shiba (Shiba Atagoyama)
One hundred views of famous places in Edo
Meisho Edo hyakkei
Period
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Medium
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
ink, colorSupports
Geography
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Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo
Dimensions
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Plate: 34 x 22.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Inscription verso, bottom right in pencil: 25-
[text and poems]
In signature cartouche above artist's name is an inscription shogatsu mikka Bishamon zukai explaining that the subject of the print is the messenger of Bishamon-ten performing the Heaping Rice Ceremony at Atago Shrine on the third day of the first month (see cat. file for Xerox of full description of the print from Smith and Poster, 100 Famous Views…); inscription upper left "an auspicious day…month (number of month cut off), 1857." While the figure is usually named the proprietor of the Atagoya teahouse on the top of the hill, Uspensky remarks that some scholars consider the inscription to refer to Hiroshige himself as the "messenger."
Signature: Hiroshige ga
Seals: Publisher's seal | Uoei; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1857.8 Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of the Fazzano Brothers
Object Number
84.198.849 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Uoya Eikichi (Japanese, 19th century), publisher
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