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Photo: Susan Cole
Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Photo: Susan Cole

Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)

Date1856
Maker Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, 1797-1858
Label TextIn Hiroshige's time, Asakusa Temple was not only a famous religious site but also one of Edo's foremost entertainment districts. Its giant red lantern at the Kaminarimon gate has long welcomed rowdy crowds of pleasure-seeking urbanites. In this print, Hiroshige downplayed the human element and focused instead on the lantern, dramatically cropping it at the top and side and exaggerating its proportions. --Catherine Roche, Curatorial Associate, 2010
Object number2017.23.24
Provenance[Peter Gilder, Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, California]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2013
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 61, reproduced p. 84.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsFramed: 14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.9 x 23.5 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Susan Cole
Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Ume yashiki), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
Object number: 2017.23.22
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Drum Bridge and Setting Sun Hill, Meguro (Meguro, Taikobashi, Yuhi ga oka), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
Object number: 2017.23.25
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1858
Object number: 2017.23.3
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Moon Cape, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
Object number: 2017.23.23
Photo: Scott Leen
Deep water at the Division into the Three Forks, from the series One Hundred Views of Edo
Utagawa Hiroshige
1857
Object number: 2023.11.79
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Fujikawa (Fujikawa), from the series Pictures of Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan-tsugi meisho zue)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1855
Object number: 2017.23.21
Photo: Susan Cole
Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha), from the series Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1855
Object number: 2017.23.20
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Hands inside the Sleeves (Futokorode), from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places (Meisho koshikake hakkei)
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.6
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Lingering Snow on Mount Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1834-35
Object number: 2017.23.2
Photo: Susan Cole
Evening Rain on the Nihon Embankment (Nihon zutsumi no yau), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)
Suzuki Harunobu
1766
Object number: 2013.31.2
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Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places
Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.8
Photo: Susan Cole
Sudden Rain, Shono (Shono haku-u), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan-tsugi no uchi)
Utagawa Hiroshige
ca. 1832-34
Object number: 2017.23.18