Title: View From the Precinct of Kanda Myojin Shrine
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige
Period: Edo
Date: 1854
Culture: Japan
Series: 100 Views of Edo
Style: Ukiyo-e
Medium: woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 21 x 34 cm
Repository: Wetmore 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# 0060; black072
Additional Notes: The Kanda Myojin is Shinto a shrine as indicted by the gateway (tori) next to the building on the left. The structure on the left, the honden (main hall) is the most sacred place at the shrine and is not open to the general public. Lastly, the shrine is surrounded by trees which allows the space to feel more private and secluded.
References
Hiroshige, Japanese. View From the Precinct of Kanda Myojin Shrine. 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).
“ Panoramic View from the Precincts of the Kanda Myojin Shrine.” Fuji Arts Japanese Prints , www.fujiarts.com/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=820497.
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