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Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn

Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

1858

Utagawa Hiroshige

Japanese, 1797-1858

The hip-and-gabled roof and vermilion borders of Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine are visible in the heavily wooded slopes, rising above the outer moat of Edo Castle. The tea stalls and souvenir shops below the shrine attracted crowds of visitors, who came to worship, shop, eat-and occasionally employ the services of the prostitutes associated with the area.
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
14 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. (36.2 x 25.1 cm)
Gift of Mary and Allan Kollar
2017.23.3
Provenance: [Peter Gilder, Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 1980s; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 59, reproduced p. 82.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Legends, Tales, Poetry: Visual Narrative in Japanese Art, Dec. 22, 2012 - July 21, 2013.

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