Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)

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Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所),

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Kawaguchi Shōzō 川口正蔵
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2011-109.1-.4
This set of four prints depicts famous sites in Edo (presentday Tokyo) in the four seasons: cherry blossoms at Gotenyama in spring, a full moon at Ryogoku Bridge in summer, autumnal maple leaves at Kaianji temple, and snow at the Sumida River in winter. A short, resonant poem is inscribed on each print.

Information

Title
Famous Views of Edo in the Four Seasons (Shiki Kōto meisho 四季江都名所)
Dates

ca. 1832–34 [Tenpō 3–5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Published by Kawaguchi Shōzō 川口正蔵
Medium
Woodblock print (chutanzaku format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheets trimmed to each block: 38.1 x 13.3 cm. (15 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund
Object Number
2011-109.1-.4
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Hiroshige ga
Description

This set of four prints depict famous sites in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in the four seasons: cherry blossoms at Gotenyama in spring, full moon at Ryogoku Bridge in summer, the autumn maple leaves at Kaianji temple, and snow at the Sumida River in winter. A short poem is inscribed on each print to resonate the scene:

What can be sweeter?
A windless day
Scent and hue of blossoms!
色も香もはるを盛の華の枝
ゆるくはかのの風たにもなし

Where do the fireworks glitter on high –
The meeting and parting crowd pass on?
'Tis Ryogoku Bridge.
橋のうへ人掻き分けてのそきけり
からくり花火あくる両こく

The Maples dyed by autumn
Make a fine brocade
There is neither warp nor woof!
あきの色にそむれる紅葉やたてもなく
ぬきもさためぬにしきなるらん

The snowflakes fall and float
On the Sumidagawa tide –
I think of the Miyakadori dancers.
すみた川水のうへにもふる雪の
きえのこれるは都鳥かも

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints
Materials
tanzaku, color, paper, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
autumn, spring, summer, winter

–2011 Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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