名所江戸百景　浅草金龍山, Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

---

名所江戸百景　浅草金龍山, Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo', Edo period (1615–1868), 1856, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/16 in. ( cm); W. 9 1/2 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)), Kinryūsan Sensōji, the famous temple at Asakusa dedicated to the bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit), was the most popular venerable Buddhist temple in Edo. In this print, snow white is complemented by the reds of the temple's buildings, the gate, the large lantern, and even the label signed 'painted by Hiroshige' in the lower right corner

---

Size: 3779px × 5530px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1/16, 1/2, 1615–1868, 1797–1858, 9, 14, , , 1856, asakusa, avalokiteshvara, bodhisattva, buddhist, buildings, cm, color, complemented, corner, dedicated, edo, famous, gate, hiroshige, ink, japan, japanese, kannon, kinryūsan, label, lantern, large, painted, paper, period, polychrome, popular, print, prints, reds, sanskrit, sensōji, series, signed, snow, temple, tokyo, utagawa, venerable, views, white, woodblock, 名所江戸百景　浅草金龍山