Kinryū-zan Temple at Asakusa, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

7th month, 1856

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Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 13 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (34.1 × 22.3 cm)
matted: 14 in. (35.5 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1982.33.16

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publisher's seal mark: Shitaya Uoei 下谷魚栄 (rectangular, relief, lower left margin)\r\nCensor's seal marks: Tatsu shichi 辰七 (7th month 1856, year of the dragon) (oval, relief, upper right margin) & Aratame 改 (round, relief, upper right margin)\r\n

Inscriptions

Meisho Edo hyakkei: Asakusa Kinryūzan 名所江戸百景 浅草 金龍山 (upper right)

Signed

“Hiroshige hitsu” (“brushed by Hiroshige”) 廣重筆 (lower right)

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