Visiting Komagata-dô Temple, from the series Eight Views of the Area of Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan hakkei)

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Visiting Komagata-dô Temple, from the series Eight Views of the Area of Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan hakkei)

「浅草金龍山八境」　駒形堂

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1782 (Tenmei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.8 x 17.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5602

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #175-6 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #218.6, pl. 104; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #453, pl. XXVII

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21805 (key block), 21.5602 (color)

Formerly identified as Matsuchiyama Temple, but now considered to represent Komagata-dô.

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.