Distant View of Sensoji

Data

Distant View of Sensoji
Senshafuda print   (Part of the set: Hiroshige Fans (8 Views))

Adapted from Hiroshige
Unknown


19.00 cm
14.00 cm

2020
00113-002
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00113-002

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

Three women arrive at a restaurant by boat on a rainy night near Ryogoku in this senjafuda group's take on Hiroshige's "Night Rain" design from "Eight Views" series.

We're not quite sure just yet which print of Hiroshige's this design was based on, or if it was based on a single print at all. It seems possible that the image was created by blending different Hiroshige designs (such as this image of women in a boat and this illustration of Ryogoku Bridge) together to produce a Hiroshige-esque illustration.

A circular crest featuring the character "久" is visible on one of the umbrellas (possibly a reference to the name of a restaurant), and the character "大" can just be seen on another umbrella in the background (next to another, illegible, character). Sensoji Temple rises in the distance.

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