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Ōji Inari Shrine (Ōji Inari no yashiro)

Woodblock Print
1857 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woodblock print, 'Ōji Inari Shrine' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1857.


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Ōji Inari Shrine (Ōji Inari no yashiro) (assigned by artist)
  • One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) (series title)
Materials and techniques
Woodblock print on paper
Brief description
Woodblock print, 'Ōji Inari Shrine' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' by Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Edo (Toyko), Japan, 1857.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 「名所江戸百景」 (Series Title)
    Translation
    One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
    Transliteration
    'Meisho Edo hyakkei'
  • 「王子稲荷の社」 (Title)
    Translation
    Ōji Inari Shrine
    Transliteration
    'Ōji Inari no yashiro'
  • 「広重画」 (Artist signature)
    Transliteration
    'Hiroshige ga'
Object history
Purchased from S. M. Franck & Co., accessioned in 1886. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Associated object
E.3837B-1886 (Duplicate)
Collection
Accession number
E.3837A-1886

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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