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東都名所 芝神明宮 「御宮元曙神楽之図」
Shinmei Shrine at Shiba: Sacred Dance at the Shrine at Dawn on New Year's Day (Shiba Shinmei, Gogû gengyô kagura no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)
東都名所 芝神明宮 「御宮元曙神楽之図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 22.2 x 34.3 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1507
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #54.11, pl. 517; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #64.7; Matsuki 1939, #60
DescriptionMain title in upper right margin and mark of publisher Sanoya Kihei in lower right margin, cut off of this impression.
There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
There are two editions of this series, a first edition from the 1830s and a reprint edition with censorship seals of the 1840s.
Signed
Hiroshige ga
広重画
広重画
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Watanabe
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、渡辺
彫師：なし
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross