The Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryūzan), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Artist/Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige I 初代目歌川広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher
Uoya Eikichi 魚屋栄吉
Date1856–58
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 13 7/16 × 9 7/8 in. (34.2 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1443
Status
Not on viewNo. 99 (winter section) on the title page for the series.
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Highlights from the Ainsworth Collection of Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (April 15, 1988 - June 12, 1988 )
Re-Inventing Tokyo: Japan's Largest City in the Artistic Imagination
- Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (August 25, 2012 - December 30, 2012 )
Collections
- Asian
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