New Fuji, Meguro (meguro, Shin-Fuji) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The foreground contains blooming cherry blossoms trees that festooned along the Mita Aqueduct. Above shows, a pathway lingering up the summit of a replicated Mount Fuji. This mound was built in 1829 as well as other mini mounds to worship the real Fuji. Since Mount Fuji had ruptured 18 times by this time, these mini summits were a safer climb for the adventurous folks. Women were not permitted to climb Fuji because it was believed that the woman’s presence would violate the mountain’s sanctity. Elders and children were also dissuaded from climbing due to their fragile bodies. This picturesque landscape shows three successful people on the top of the mound admiring the real Fuji. Other figures are shown climbing and leisurely meandering below the meadow.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-310
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper