Evening Glow on Jinmei Shrine
Evening Glow on Jinmei Shrine from the series "Eight Views of the Shiba District in the Capital City"
ca. 1839-1840
Edo Period (1600-1868)
9 3/4 x 14 5/16 in. (24.8 x 36.3 cm)
Ando Hiroshige
Japanese
(Edo, 1797 - 1858, Edo)
Full Title:Evening Glow on Jinmei Shrine from the series "Eight Views of the Shiba District in the Capital City"
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Color woodcut
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. James B. Austin
Accession Number:
1987.34.8
Location: Not currently on view
"Evening Glow on a Fishing Village" has become "Evening Glow on Jinmei Shrine." Jinmei, which literally means "God-bright," was a term used to indicate the chief of all Shintô deities, Amaterasu no Ômikami, who is enshrined here. The Jinmei Shrine, also called the Great Shrine of Shiba (
Shiba Dai Jingû), was one of Edo's most popular places for outings, and its popularity made it a favorite place as well for particularly brazen prostitutes who were parodied in poetry:
Jinmei wo Even worshipping
Ogandeiru ni mo At the Jinmei shrine—
Mosshimoshi "Well hell-lo there"