Catalog record · 目録番号 22664
Okina Inari Shrine at Nihonbashi
Catalog note / 解説
This <i>aizuri</i> or monochrome blue <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is interesting for the way it is made up of three smaller fan designs showing views of popular religious sites in Edo. The Okina Inari Shrine (left) was a small site situated to the immediate south-east of Nihonbashi, the bridge that was the geographical and symbolic centre of both Edo and Japan as a whole. One of scores of shrines in Edo and the Kanto hinterland dedicated to the harvest god Inari, it enjoyed a spell of intense popularity in the late 1830s for the good luck it was believed to bring to those who visited and gave offerings. The Myoken Hall (centre) was situated in the north-east part o…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · ca. 1843-1844 · vam
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