Robe-Hanging Pine, Senzoku Pond, No. 110 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
Asian Art
The Robe-Hanging Pine of the title, which we see at the tip of a small spit of land jutting into Senzoku Pond, still survives. Legend associates it with the great medieval Buddhist leader Nichiren, who supposedly stopped by the pond to rest and used the tree to hang his kesa, a sashlike garment worn by Buddhist priests.
MEDIUM
Woodblock print
DATES
2nd month of 1856
PERIOD
Edo Period, Ansei Era
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) (show scale)
MARKINGS
No publisher's seal visible, probably lost when left margin was trimmed. Seals in top margin: date seal and censor seal.
SIGNATURE
Hiroshige-ga
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
30.1478.110
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
This is one of the earliest prints in the series. Senzoku Pond was located in a hilly area in what is now the northern part of Ota Ward. Senzoku Hachiman Shrine, which still survives, is in the grove of trees on the far side of the pond. According to legend, Nichiren, the Buddhist priest, once stopped by Senzoku Pond to rest and hung his kesa (a sashlike garment) on a nearby pine. The Robe-Hanging Pine of the title (at the center) survives today, but there is some dispute as to whether it is the third- or fourth-generation offspring of the tree of Nichiren's day. When Miyao Shigeo visited the pond in the early 1960's, he was told that Senzoku should be written with the characters for "one thousand feet," referring to the legend of the giant insect that Nichiren converted into the protector of the pond.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858). Robe-Hanging Pine, Senzoku Pond, No. 110 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 2nd month of 1856. Woodblock print, Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.110 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1478.110_PS20.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 30.1478.110_PS20.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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