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The Temple of Kannon in Asakusa (Asakusa Kanzeon no zu), from the series Famous Places in Edo (Kôto meisho)


「江都名所 浅草観世音ノ図」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–38 (Tenpô 6–9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 21.5 x 33.9 cm (8 7/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10086
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Sakai, Hiroshige Edo fûkei (1996), list #94.1, pl. 996; Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 242, horizontal aiban #1-?
Signed Hiroshige ga
広重画
ProvenanceFebruary 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.