Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine, No. 41 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
Asian Art
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.
MEDIUM
Woodblock print
DATES
10th month of 1858
PERIOD
Edo Period, Ansei Era
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) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Publisher: Shitaya Uo Ei
SIGNATURE
Hiroshige-ga
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
30.1478.41
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Anna Ferris
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1930, provenance not yet documented; by 1930, acquired by Anna Ferris of Summit, NJ; 1930, gift of Anna Ferris to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Scene looks down on the Outer Moat of Edo Castle outside Ichigaya Gate (which is today Ichigaya station). In the street below there are tea stalls and various types of entertainment. Ichigaya was known throughout Edo for the prostitutes who plied their trade here, according to one 18th-century source). Above, behind a red gate and dark "torii" at the head of a steep stone stairway, are the red buildings of Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine. The red and yellow bordered cloud bands suggest a sense of distance and an aura of power around the shrine. The small yellow-roofed, lantern-lined pavilion, on the right, below the main shrine building, was one of the tea stalls, just outside the theater, located within the shrine precincts. In the Edo Period, Ichigaya Hachiman was one of the estates of the Tokugawa family of Owari (Nagoya). In the upper left there is a watchtower and part of the barrack walls of the Owari mansion, which became the Military Academy of the Japanese Army in the Meiji Period and at present are the barracks of the Self-Defense Force. It was here that the novelist Mishima Yukio performed his dramatic seppuku in 1970.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.41 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.41_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 30.1478.41_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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