1933.4.143: Komagata Hall, Azuma Bridge (Komagatadō Azumabashi), Number 62 from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1933.4.143
- People
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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
- 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
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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
Verification Level
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