Title
View from Massaki of Suijin Shrine, Uchigawa Inlet and Sekiya Sekiya, from the series One hundred famous views of Edo
1857
Artist
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Details
- Other Titles
- Sekiya and Sujin woods from Masaki neighbourhood
Sekiya, inlet and Suijin Woods viewed from Masaki neighbourhood - Alternative title
- Masaki hen yori Suijin no mori uchikawa Sekiya no sato o miru zu
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Ansei era 1854 - 1860 → Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Date
- 1857
- Media category
- Materials used
- woodblock print; ink and colour on paper
- Edition
- first edition
- Dimensions
- 34.0 x 22.5 cm image; 36.0 x 24.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed l.l., in Japanese, ink, incised on block "Hiroshige ga" [picture by Hiroshige]. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1961
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- DO13.1961
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Hiroshige Andō/Utagawa
Works in the collection
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About
The last major artist of the 'ukiyo-e' school, Hiroshige is most famous for his series of landscape prints. This print typifies the sensitivity to nature and originality of composition for which he is famous.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.255.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962
Japanese Woodcuts, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 28 Jun 1968–28 Jul 1968
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Bibliography
Referenced in 3 publications
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Matthi Forrer, Hiroshige - Prints and Drawings, Munich, 1997, not paginated (colour illus.). cat. no.102
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, 'The Floating World', Sydney, 2003, 255 (colour illus.).
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Public Programmes Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales and The Japan Foundation (Editors), Art speaks Japanese: Japanese language education kit from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2007, colour illus.. card no. 10
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