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Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi Kinryūzan enbō), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi Kinryūzan enbō), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Distant View of Kinryūzan Temple and Azuma Bridge (Azumabashi Kinryūzan enbō), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1857
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 14 1/8 × 9 11/16 in. (35.9 × 24.6 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Object number1950.1402
Status
Not on view
More Information
No. 39 (spring section) on the title page for the series. This image provides another example of Hiroshige’s love for complex, cut-off compositions. At dusk, a roofed boat quietly, calmly glides across the scene. Inside, the back of a woman can just be seen. On the opposite shore, a view of Kinryūzan Sensōji temple’s main hall and pagoda is depicted, while the view framed by the boat’s roof shows Azuma Bridge and Mt. Fuji. The cherry blossom petals dancing in the breeze and the scenery suggest that this is the west bank of the Sumida River in the neighbor-hood of Mukōjima, an area famous for its cherry blossoms. If this is the case, the woman may be a geisha of this neighborhood, enjoying flower-viewing.
Exhibition History
Re-Inventing Tokyo: Japan's Largest City in the Artistic Imagination
  • Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (August 25, 2012 - December 30, 2012 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
  • Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
  • Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
  • Asian
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