Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa Suijin no Mori Massaki), No. 35 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige

Medium: Woodblock print

Geograhical Locations:

• Japan

Dates:8th month of 1856

Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 9 in. (34 x 22.8 cm)

Collections:

• Asian Art

Exhibitions:

• Curator's Choice: Hiroshige, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
• Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami)

Accession Number: 30.1478.35

Image: 30.1478.35_PS20.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
This scene framed by double-petalled cherry blossoms looks down on the Sumida River in the district known as Mukojima. The people on the lower left are walking toward the Hashiba Ferry (see print 37 from the series) and in the distance is a lumber raft and two cargo ships. At the lower right is a shrine, its entrance seen by the lantern-flanked stone "torii." This is "Suijin no Mori," the "grove of the Water God," a shrine dedicated to the Sumida River. In the center is Mount Tsukuba.

Brooklyn Museum