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Kinryûzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 浅草金龍山」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Nunokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.4 x 37.6 cm (9 3/16 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9781
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #70.1, pl. 642; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #68.01; Matsuki 1939, #73
DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.591 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.1996, 21.9781, 2016.1371
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師:なし
ProvenanceMay 1915, 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.