Edo prints
| Design: | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | |||||
| Title: | Ochanomizu | |||||
| Series title: | Famous places in Edo | |||||
| Size: | 22.5 x 35.2 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published by Yamadaya Shōjirō in 1853. This edition from newly cut blocks was published by Yūyūdō in the 1960s-1970s.
Artist’s signature in the left print area:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 廣 | hiro | broad | |
| 重 | shige | heavy | Picture by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Hiroshige |
Series and print title in cartouche in top right area of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 江 | e | bay | |
| 戸 | to | door | |
| 名 | mei | famous | |
| 所 | sho | place | Famous places in Edo |
| 御 | o | honourable | |
| 茶 | cha | tea | |
| 之 | no | ’s | |
| 水 | mizu | water | Ochanomizu |
Yūyūdō publisher seal in lower left margin of the print.
Yūyūdō publisher seal and names of the carver and printer of this edition in the left margin on the verso of the print:
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in which the kanji read:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 彫 | hori | carver | Carver: |
| 小 | ko | small | |
| 池 | ike | pond | |
| 茂 | shigeru | grow thick | Koike Shigeru |
| 摺 | suri | printer | Printer: |
| 佐 | sa | assistent | 藤 | tō | wisteria |
| 泰 | tai | calm | |
| 三 | zō | three | Satō Taizō |
A later print of Ochanomizu in Edo designed by Hokuju can be seen on this page of my website.
References
- Forrer, Matthi (1997). Hiroshige, Prints and Drawings. London: Royal Academy of Arts and Prestel Verlag.
- Forrer, Matthi (2017). Hiroshige. Munich: Prestel Verlag.
Provenance: Fuji Arts