View of Shiba coast (Shibaura no Fûkeu)

Utagawa Hiroshige
Japan
1797 – 1858

View of Shiba coast (Shibaura no Fûkeu)
no. 108 from the series One hundred Famous views of Edo (Meisho Edo no hyakkei)
1857
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Place made
Edo (Tokyo)
Medium
woodblock print, ink and colour on paper
Dimensions
35.2 x 23.8 cm (sheet)
34.2 x 22.5 cm (image)
Credit line
David Murray Bequest Fund 1942
Accession number
427G27
Signature and date
Signed printed in block, tan artist's signature cartouche, l.l., reads 'Shôgatsu mikka Bishamonten Hiroshige ga' ('Third day of New Year, Bishamonten, designed by Hiroshige'); dated, triangular cartouche printed in block, u.l., reads (in translation); 'an auspicious day [number cut off] month, 1857'.
Media category
Print
Collection area
Asian art - Japan