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Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of woodblock print views of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Oliver Impey (published Oxford, 2001).

Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji by Oliver Impey

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Yoshiwara: Fuji on the Left

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Yoshiwara

  • Yoshiwara

    The Yoshiwara was the licensed pleasure district in Edo (Tokyo), where courtesans resided.

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    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji by Oliver Impey

    Hiroshige’s Views of Mount Fuji

    Yoshiwara is the fifteenth station on the Tokaido road (it has nothing to do with the Yoshiwara in Tokyo, the “pleasure quarter”). As the road doubles back here, Fuji is seen on the left, uniquely; Hiroshige’s print only hints at this. The views were always taken as if the traveller was moving southwards, from Edo to Kyoto, therefore Fuji is always on the right.
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