Mimeguri Shrine, Sumida River

Category

Library Item

Item no

325

Title

Mimeguri Shrine, Sumida River

Description

This print depicts a group of Japanese women carrying parasols while they walk along the east bank of the Sumida River. They are passing by Mimeguri Shrine, and the top of that
shrine's gate (torii) can be seen in the foreground of the print (this is a common
motif in views of the Sumida River). The season is spring and the east bank was a popular destination for viewing the cherry blossom. The small red cartouche reads 'Imado', and refers to an area on the far bank of the Sumida River. This print is one sheet from a larger work.

Artist / maker

Sadahide

Engraver

Horicho

Date

1860

Size

37.2 x 25.5 cm.

Type

Wood cut

Location

Art and Design Library

The following information appears on the print:

Signed: Gountei Sadahide ga
Artist: Utagawa Sadahide
Carver: Horicho
Censor's seals: ?

This is one of a set of 50 prints donated to Edinburgh City Libraries by Marie Ferguson Dyer in honour of her father Henry Dyer. Dyer was a Scottish engineer who became the first Principal of the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo in 1872.

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