Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
Date1856
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
1857
Object number: 2023.11.79
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.6
1855
Object number: 2017.23.21
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1838
Object number: 2010.47.4