From Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856–58), a 118-print series of vertical oban landscapes and genre scenes that defined the visual image of Edo for generations. A complete set sold for $405,400 at Sotheby's Online Jul 2024.
Horikiri, in the eastern Katsushika district of Edo, was renowned for its iris gardens — dense plantings of hanashobu that bloomed in early summer along the irrigation channels of the marshland. This numbered Edo view likely shows the iris fields in bloom, a seasonal pilgrimage site for residents who came each June to see the purple and white flowers reflected in the shallow water.
Nikko Chuzenjiko
1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Niigata Gosaibori
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
#16. Horikiri was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#16. Horikiri depicts rivers & lakes, gardens, and summer.
