About this artwork
In this print, a red gate and lantern stand out against the white snow, marking the path to Kinryūzan Temple. The combination of red and white is particularly auspicious in Japan; here, it signals the renewal of a new year. A large lantern like this one still greets visitors at Sensōji temple in Asakusa, an entertainment district. In Hiroshige’s time, as today, the path to the main temple would be lined with shops and food vendors and bustling with people, all of which is absent in this scene—perhaps due to the weather or the hour.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Asia
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Artist
- Utagawa Hiroshige
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Title
- Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
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Place
- Japan (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1856
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Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
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Dimensions
- 35.5 × 23.8 cm (14 × 9 3/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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Reference Number
- 1927.321
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/34096/manifest.json
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