Accession number: 1957. 301
display artist: utagawa hiroshige
display title: "edo, asakusa fair"
translation(s): "(edo, asakusa no ichi) asakusaichi"
series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces
suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue
creation date: 1853
medium: woodblock
height: 13 1/2 in. Width: 9 in. Display dimensions: 13 1/2 in. X 9 in. (34. 29 cm x 22. 86 cm)
publisher: koshimuraya heisuke
credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett
label copy: "in the one print from this series that is not a famous view from one of japans sixty-eight provinces, hiroshige depicts one scene from the metropolis of edo, where he resided. Edo was the cosmopolitan center of japan and the seat of the military ruler, the shogun, and his feudal lords from 1600 until 1868. To represent edo, hiroshige chose the year-end festival at the buddhist asakusa kannon temple. In this bustling nighttime scene, crowds of people visit the booths and stalls. Hiroshige would be buried at asakusa after his death in 1858. "
collection: the san diego museum of art.
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