Catalog record · 目録番号 22685
The Kameido Tenmangu Shrine
Catalog note / 解説
The ribmarks visible on this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige help to moderate the composition's strong sense of perspective. The structure in the centre with its complex arrangement of roofs is the main building of the Kameido Tenmangu Shrine in the north-east part of Edo's Honjo district. We are looking northwards from immediately in front of the <i>taikobashi</i> or drum bridge for which, along with the wisteria that can be seen blooming on trellises around the lake in the middle of the grounds, the shrine was and still is famous. Patronized by the Tokugawa shogunate (the ruling military family), the shrine was dedicated to the deified Sugawara Michizane (845-903), p…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1847-1848 · vam
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