1933.4.143: Komagata Hall, Azuma Bridge (Komagatadō Azumabashi), Number 62 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.4.143

People

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)

Title

Komagata Hall, Azuma Bridge (Komagatadō Azumabashi), Number 62 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Meisho Edo hyakkei: Komagatadō Azumabashi

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, dated 1857 (1st month)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208962

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

paper: 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
block: 34 x 22.8 cm (13 3/8 x 9 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

#062 in series

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.4.143

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

In the left foreground can be seen the roof of the Komagata temple and beyond it part of the Azuma bridge. At the right is a mast flying a red flag. Overhead against a sky of purple, a bird is flying. Rain has just begun.

Exhibition History

• HAA 1 Survey Course (S421): Landmarks of World Art and Architecture (Spring 2010), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/05/2010 - 05/09/2010
• A Colloquium in the Visual Arts, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

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