a. \r\nSmall Shrine at Ōji, from the series Famous Views of Edo Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

ca. 1852–53

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: Polychrome woodblock prints

Dimensions

sheet (A): 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.9 cm)
sheet (B): 14 × 9 1/2 in. (35.6 × 24.1 cm)
sheet (C): 9 1/8 × 14 1/4 in. (23.2 × 36.2 cm)
sheet (D): 9 1/2 × 14 in. (24.1 × 35.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen, Mr. and Mrs. Laurens Hammond, and Mr. and Mrs. Knight Woolley, B.A. 1917

Accession Number

1967.64.282a-d

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1967 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Marks

a. Yūsai 幽斎 (square, intaglio, upper left after the signature)\r\nPublisher’s seal mark: Sanoki 佐野喜 (rectangular, relief, lower right margin)\r\nCensor’s seal mark: Kiwame 極 (square, relief, lower right margin above the publisher’s mark)\r\nb. Publisher’s seal mark: Sanoki 佐野喜 (rectangular, relief, lower right margin)\r\nc. Publisher’s seal mark:Shitaya Uoei (rectangular, relief, lower left margin)\r\nCensor’s seal mark:Aratame 改 (round, intaglio, lower left margin above the date seal.\r\nDate seal: Tatsu yon 辰四 (4th month 1856, year of the dragon) (oval, relief, lower left margin below the censor seal) \r\nd. Publisher’s seal mark:蔦吉板i (rectangular, relief, lower right margin)\r\nCensor’s seal mark Aratame 改 with dates (round, relief, lower right margin above the publisher seal (Aratame Tori shō 改酉正 (1st month 1861, year of the rooster) (round, relief, lower right margin above the publishe seal)\r\n

Inscriptions

a. Edo Meisho: Ōji Inari no Hokora 江戸名所　王子稲荷之祠 (upper right margin)\r\nb. Tōto Meisho: Ōji Inari no Hokora 東都名所　王子瀧の川 (upper right margin)\r\nc. Meisho Edo Hyakkei: Ōji Taki no gawa 名所江戸百景 王子　瀧乃川 (upper right)\r\nd. Edo Meisho Yonjū hakkei: Ōji Taki no gawa　 江戸名所四十八景 十五　王子　稲荷　 (upper right)

Signed

a. “Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (upper left)
b. “Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (upper left)
c. “Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower left)
d. “Hiroshige ga” (“painted by Hiroshige”) 廣重画 (lower left)

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