Kinryûzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

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Kinryûzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan), from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

「名所江戸百景　浅草金龍山」

Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Uoya Eikichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 7th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 23.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.9501

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #12.6, pls. 130, 131, 132; Smith & Poster, 100 Views (1986), #99; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 250, vertical ôban #62.4

DescriptionNo. 099 (winter section) on the title page for the series.

MFA impressions: 06.639, 11.16695, 21.9501

Signed Hiroshige hitsu
広重筆

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 7
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰七
彫師：なし

ProvenanceNovember 1912, 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.