Sono no ume
after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
350 x 240 mm; 515 mm (Height); 395 mm (Width)
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1226410
Caption
Lord Armstrong’s company built warships for the Japanese navy, and Cragside received a number of business trips from Japanese officials. The family retained a close connection with the Japanese royal family throughout the generations. This print is one example from a set of woodblock prints which were given Yorisada Tokugawa, a close friend of the family and uncle to the Empress of Japan, just after the First World War.
Summary
Woodblock print, ink and pigments on paper, the right-hand section of a triptych entitled Sono no ume (The Plum garden), from the series Fūryū Genji (Fashionable Prince Genji), after Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858), 1853, signed lower right Hiroshige hitsu (brush of Hiroshige). Depicting a grove of flowering plum trees, with a female figure looking out from the upper storey of a pavilion in the upper right. See NT 1226403 for the left-hand section of this triptych.
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