#43. Sannogongen
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
A high-angle view over a shrine precinct dominated by tall, dark-green pines and a paulownia-like tree, with vermilion-red shrine buildings clustered beneath them and glimpses of red pavilions at lower left and right. A pale road cuts diagonally across the foreground where small figures in blue, green, and yellow robes walk and pause, while a strip of blue water and a distant grey shoreline appear at upper left beneath a graduated indigo-to-white sky. The scene is printed in flat blocks of indigo, green, vermilion, and grey; a title cartouche and the artist's signature appear at upper right and left. Woodblock print, "#43. Sannogongen," by Utagawa Hiroshige.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
#43. Sannogongen was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#43. Sannogongen depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines.