Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa

Accession Number
1930.63

Title
Edo Meisho no Uchi: Bentenyama and Kinryuzan temple in Asakusa

Artist(s)
Utagawa Hiroshige III

Object Creation Date
circa 1870

Medium & Support
color woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
8 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in (21.91 cm x 8.89 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);10 in x 14 5/8 in (25.4 cm x 37.15 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
Landscape of a riverbank.

Physical Description
Spring scene with houses, a temple complex and a pagoda on the riverbank. There are also trees and cherry blossoms. Some people are walking by the river.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Additional Object Classification(s)
Print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Ukiyo-e
buildings (structures)
pagodas (buildings)
religious buildings
temples (buildings)
water (inorganic material)

3 Related Resources

Monuments and Memorials
(Part of 4 Learning Collections)
Religious Buildings
(Part of 2 Learning Collections)
Eastern Asia Architecture and landscape drawings
(Part of: Architecture and Buildings)

& Author Notes

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