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View of the Asakusa Kinryuzan Temple from the Azuma Bridge in the Rain

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular image with a beige border. Rain falls diagonally across the image. A body of water fills the bottom right. Several small boats sit on the water. A dock or pier extends into the water from a row of buildings on the left. The buildings have flat roofs. In the background, a hill covered in trees rises. Two temple buildings with green and red roofs are on top of the hill. The building on the right has a tall thin tower. Japanese writing is in the top left corner and a red seal is to the left. The sky is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, tanzaku format
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
226 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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