Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Horikiri Iris Garden (Horikiri no hanashobu), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei), 1857, intercalary 5th month
Woodblock print
Vertical oban:
35.5 x 23.9 cm
14 x 9 3/8 in
35.5 x 23.9 cm
14 x 9 3/8 in
Signed: Hiroshige ga
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Sealed: aratame (certified) and date seal Snake intercalary 5 (1857, intercalary 5th month)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi
Sealed: aratame (certified) and date seal Snake intercalary 5 (1857, intercalary 5th month)
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This design depicts the public garden at Horikiri, said to have the most beautiful irises in the city. As in a number of other prints from this series, Hiroshige uses...
This design depicts the public garden at Horikiri, said to have the most beautiful irises in the city. As in a number of other prints from this series, Hiroshige uses a device of placing large objects in the foreground and smaller objects or figures in the background to create a sense of depth. Here, the viewer is looking through the irises, over a stream and towards other visitors in the distance enjoying the flowers - which bloom in early to mid summer.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.16827, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/268337
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession no. 11.16827, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/268337