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

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Kinryûzan Temple at 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: Moriya Jihei (Kinshindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1857 (Ansei 4), 9th month

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22 x 34.1 cm (8 11/16 x 13 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10051

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #88.1, pl. 918; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 247, horizontal ôban #17.1

DescriptionMFA impressions: *06.770 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.10051

Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Snake 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、巳九
彫師：なし

ProvenanceMay 1916, 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.