From the Precincts of the Kinryūzan in Asakusa, Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, From the Precincts of the Kinryūzan in Asakusa
Utagawa Hiroshige, From the Precincts of the Kinryūzan in Asakusa
Utagawa Hiroshige
From the Precincts of the Kinryūzan in Asakusa
1853, 3rd month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
From the Precincts of the Kinryūzan in Asakusa, 1853, 3rd month, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: Edo Meisho (Famous Places in Edo)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 225 x 345 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 7/8 x 13 9/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 240 x 360 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 7/16 x 14 3/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Anonymous gift
Accession number: 1982.0390
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: Installation related to "Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940," Feb-2005, Hillary Pedersen Three women stand on a veranda overlooking the merchant stalls at Asakusa, the bustling precincts of the Kinryūzan Sensōji temple, today called the Asakusa Kannon temple. These stalls were once temporary fabrications that would be taken down at the end of the day, but they were rebuilt as permanent concrete structures after the 1923 earthquake. The temple’s history dates to 628, when, according to legend, three fisherman discovered a small statue of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of compassion, in their nets. The statue was enshrined here, and has remained the object of popular worship even today. The temple’s five-storied red pagoda sits to the right, while the famous gate to the temple is seen on the left.