Edo prints
| Design: | Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) | |||||
| Title: | Suruga-chō | |||||
| Series title: | One hundred famous views of Edo | |||||
| Size: | 33.7 x 22.4 cm (ōban) | |||||
| Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Originally published by Uoya Eikichi ca. 1856. This reprint was published ca. 1965 by the Yamada Shoin Company.
Artist’s signature in red rectangular cartouche at middle left of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 廣 | hiro | broad | |
| 重 | shige | heavy | Picture by |
| 画 | ga | picture | Hiroshige |
Series title in red rectangular cartouche at top right of the print:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| 名 | mei | distinguished | |
| 所 | sho | place | |
| 江 | e | bay | |
| 戸 | do | door | |
| 百 | hyakku | hundred | One hundred |
| 景 | kei | view | famous views of Edo |
Print title in square beige and brown cartouche:
| Character | Reading | Meaning | Translation |
| す | su | ||
| る | ru | ||
| 賀 | ga | joy | |
| て | te | ||
| ふ | fu | Suruga-chō |
References
- Bicknell, Julian (1994). Hiroshige in Tokyo. The Floating World of Edo. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks.
- Smith, H.D., and Poster, A. (1986). Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. New York: George Braziller.
- Trede, Melanie, and Bichler, Lorenz (2010). Hiroshige. Meisho Edo hyakkei. Honderd beroemde aanzichten van Edo (Hiroshige. One hundred famous views of Edo). Köln: Taschen.
Provenance: Fuji Arts