Suruga-chō
after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
360 x 240 mm; 515 mm (Height); 395 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1226406
Summary
Woodblock print, ink and pigments on paper, Suruga-chō (Suruga district), from the series Meisho Edo Hyakkei (100 Views of Famous Places in Edo), after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), 1856, signed centre left Hiroshige ga (picture by Hiroshige). A bird’s-eye view of a bustling street in the Suruga district of Edo (present-day Tōkyō), with Mount Fuji in the distance.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), artist