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Kinryûzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryûzan), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)


「江戸名所 浅草金龍山」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Aritaya Seiemon (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 21.7 x 33.4 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9934
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #79.2, pl. 808 (with rain); Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #9.2; Matsuki 1939, #198
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.9934 (with rain), RES.54.119 (without rain)
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.