Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Artistic License in Hiroshige

Not included in the brief clip from the NHK program on Hiroshige is the final work in the series, Sanjo Ohashi. Showing such iconic and representative Kyoto sights as Kiyomizu Temple, the 5-storey pagoda at Yasaka, and Higashiyama, the print also includes sacred Mt. Hiei, which is not, in fact, in its correct location. (The mountain has, in a manner of speaking, come to Hiroshige.) The print is here.

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