131004-0064-OS - Horikiri Iris Garden

The famed Iris garden of Horikiri Shobuen Garden (堀切菖蒲園) in Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4).

This woodblock print greatly influenced European Art Nouveau.

The print is image 64 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei), a series created by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重, 1797–1858).

It is one of 30 summer scenes in the series.

Title: Horikiri Iris Garden (堀切の花菖蒲, Horikiri no hanashobu)

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