#37. Akibasan
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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.
Akibasan refers to the Akiba Shrine in Edo, dedicated to the fire deity and venerated particularly in the merchant quarters where fire posed a constant threat. The shrine was a place of regular pilgrimage for townspeople seeking protection from the blazes that periodically devastated Edo's densely packed wooden buildings. This numbered Edo view captures the shrine's precinct and surroundings.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
#37. Akibasan was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#37. Akibasan depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines.
