Author: Hasegawa Chikuyō (長谷川竹葉)
Subject: Yushima Tenjin (湯島天神)
Series: Sights of Tōkyō's enlightenment (Tōkyō kaika meishō, 東京開化名勝)
Series number: Unknown
Genre: meisho-e (名所絵), kaika-e (開化絵)
Size: large (ōban, 大判)
Publisher: Tanaka Santarō (田中仙太郎)
Period: c. 1888.
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: HCY01001
Condition: good condition. Color is clear and vivid with good saturation. It shows some sign of ageing but
there are not remarkable
stains, wrinkles nor crease. Borders and backside as in the picture. The bottom right border has been fixed
and there is a tiny hole
on the red cartouche left black border. It is not been backed nor trimmed.
Currently set in the Chiyoda district (千代田区) of Tōkyō, during the Edo era when the city rose up as the center
of the military power,
with the founding of the Monzen block (monzenchō, 門前町) inside it Yushima became a residential area for lower
rank vassals of the Shōgun (将軍).
Yushima Tenjin was revered and worshipped as the God of learning and study by any citizen, despite of theri
rank or social status.
In the genroku (1688~1704) era a shrine dedicated to Confucius was moved in the area from Ueno (上野) and a
Shogunate government authorized
educational facility (the Shōheizaka gakumondokoro, 昌平坂学問所) was established too.