Former Hachiman Shrine, Sunamura (Sunamura Moto-Hachiman) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1856
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This bird’s eye view looks out onto Edo Bay from the Moto-Hachiman Shrine. Directly below is the torii, the gateway entrance to the shrine, and two prominent figures along the pathway. One figure is shown carrying a big yellow hat while the other is smoking a pipe. The path continues behind these detailed figures between the marshes and leads out beyond the bay. Further along the trail, three more distinct characters stand, surrounded by tall pines, and a lone fisherman is spotted rowing his boat through the reeds. Soon after this print was made, the land was drained for rice paddy fields and other farmland. Today it remains part of Tokyo’s Koto-Ku district.
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: 1941-31-284
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