Artist: Ando Hiroshige
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo #112
Edition: Original
Date: 1857
Publisher: Eikichi
Reference No.: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Size: 14 -1/2 x 9 -1/4 "
Condition: Very fine
Notes:
Signed: 'Hiroshige ga'. Published by Uoya Eikichi.
This is the last of four famous snow scenes that feature bright colors against falling snow. In the distance is the district known as Atagoshita, after its location "beneath Mount Atago," the hill rising to the right. The clump of bamboo shown here was an established landmark recognizable to Edo residents. It lay just outside the northeast corner of the mansion of the daimyo of Minakuchi, and served to protect the site from the dangerous northeast, where the Kimon, the "devil's gate," lay. The bamboo gave its name to Yabu ("Thicket") Lane, an alley that ran along the back of the wall of the mansion. Although mentioned in the title, Yabu Lane is out of sight in this view, behind to the right.