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Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print showing a snowy scene. The print has a beige border. A green and red pillar is on the left. A large red and black lantern hangs from the top centre. The lantern has a green square in the middle and gold markings. Snowflakes fall around it. In the background, there are trees, a red temple with a tiled roof, and a pagoda on the right. People walk along the bottom, some holding umbrellas. A red banner with black writing hangs on the right. The sky is grey.

Artwork details

Date:
1856
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
427 × 625 px
Museum record:
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