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Photo, Print, Drawing A View of Mimeguri Shrine from the Sumida River. Mimeguri no kei

About this Item

Title

  • A View of Mimeguri Shrine from the Sumida River.

Other Title

  • Mimeguri no kei

Summary

  • This work by Shiba Kokan (1747-1818), a famous Western-style painter of the late Edo period (1600-1867), is the first copperplate etching by a Japanese artist. It depicts the landscape of Mimeguri Shrine at Mukōjima, eastern Edo (present-day Tokyo), as seen from the bank of the Sumida River. Because the etching was made for a peep-show box, left and right are reversed. Kokan was interested in Western science and wrote works on astronomy and geography. In this picture, he uses Western perspective drawing technique.

Names

  • Kōkan, Shiba, 1747-1818 Artist.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1783.

Headings

  • -  Japan--Tokyo
  • -  1783
  • -  Edo
  • -  Rivers
  • -  Sumida River

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 page ; 26.5 x 38.7 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Diet Library.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669856

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Kōkan, Shiba, Artist. A View of Mimeguri Shrine from the Sumida River. Japan Tokyo, 1783. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669856/.

APA citation style:

Kōkan, S. (1783) A View of Mimeguri Shrine from the Sumida River. Japan Tokyo, 1783. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669856/.

MLA citation style:

Kōkan, Shiba, Artist. A View of Mimeguri Shrine from the Sumida River. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669856/>.