Catalog ID: 4119
Artist: Ando Hiroshige
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo #64
Edition: Original
Date: 1857
Publisher: Eikichi
Reference No.: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Size: 14 -1/4 x 9 "
Condition: Fine
Notes: The village of Horikiri was known for producing flowers for the Edo market. While the gardeners of Horikiri grew a year-round variety of flowers, the fame of the place derived from the flower represented here, a type of iris known as hanashobu that was ideally suited to the area's swampy land. In the immediate foreground are three carefully detailed specimens. In the distance, sightseers from Edo may be seen admiring the blossoms. Hiroshige noted that so many lovely women from Edo came to view the blossoms that it was difficult to distinguish which were the real flowers.
Artist: Ando Hiroshige
Medium: Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Series Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo #64
Edition: Original
Date: 1857
Publisher: Eikichi
Reference No.: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Size: 14 -1/4 x 9 "
Condition: Fine
Notes: The village of Horikiri was known for producing flowers for the Edo market. While the gardeners of Horikiri grew a year-round variety of flowers, the fame of the place derived from the flower represented here, a type of iris known as hanashobu that was ideally suited to the area's swampy land. In the immediate foreground are three carefully detailed specimens. In the distance, sightseers from Edo may be seen admiring the blossoms. Hiroshige noted that so many lovely women from Edo came to view the blossoms that it was difficult to distinguish which were the real flowers.