Tohto Famous Shiba Akabane Zojoji Temple

Title: Tohto Famous Shiba Akabane Zojoji Temple
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige 
Period: Edo
Date: 1839-1842
Culture: Japan
Series: Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
Style: Ukiyo-e
Medium: woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 25.3 x 36.9 cm
RepositoryWetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept., Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London
Credit line: Gift of Prof. Caroline Black, Botany Dept., Connecticut College
ID number: slide# 0059; black076

References

Hiroshige, Japanese. Tohto Famous Shiba Akabane Zojoji Temple. color woodcut. Place: Wetmore Print Collection, Art History Dept, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, Donated by Prof. Caroline Black, Botany Dept, Connecticut College. https://library.artstor.org/asset/CONNASIAN_106310758469 (access to Artstor required).

“Akabane Bridge and Zôjô-Ji Temple in Shiba .” Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, collections.mfa.org/objects/176471.

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