Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Japanese Woodblock Print  Name 

No.026 The "Armour-Hanging Pine" at Hakkeizaka Bluff   八景坂鎧掛松

From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

A view near JR Omori Station.

Yoroi-kake-tsutsu (pine tree) is a large pine tree about 20 meters tall,

and as shown in this picture, its branches are drooping due to its weight.

It is said that the name comes from the fact that Hachiman Taro Yoshiie hung

his armor on it before heading to conquer Oshu.

Hakkei-zaka was named after the fact that it offered a view of the open sea of ​​

Shinagawa, like an eight-sided mirror.

One Hundred Famous Views of Edo  is a series of ukiyo-e prints

begun and largely completed by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797~1858)

Approx Image Size 

Height 34.00 cm  x Width 22.00 cm

(H 13.39" x  W 8.661")

Date 

These 120 woodblock prints (One hundred Famous View of Edo)

were reproduced in 1998-2004

by Tokyo traditional woodcut craft Association

for Two hundred anniversary of Utagawa Hiroshige birth.

Condition  

Only perfect condition one.　

Never rolled up.

Never framed, kept in professional condition.

Once in a while, we will be out of stock this print due to

keavy demand and slao procee of production team.

We recommend you to check the availability of this print

before place your order.

Once we are out of stock, it sometime takes few month to get for you.

Color 

Refer to our Pictures

The color of the actual Woodblock Print may be slightly different

from the images on our pictures.

It is impossible to show the actual color of

these fine art of woodblock prints and texture of Washi Paper.