Description
九段坂の田安門（たやすもん）から清水門（しみずもん）を廻る堀を「牛ヶ淵」と呼んだのは、かつて牛車（ぎっしゃ）が堀に落ちたことに因むという。画題と款記が横倒しの平仮名で記され、筆記体の英文に似せてある。土坡（どは）を画面右に大胆に配し、陰影やぼかしを用いて洋風版画風に仕上げられている。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
June 8, 2026