Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho sankei gunshu no zu (Crowds Visiting Benzaiten Shrine Opening on Enoshima, Sagami province)

Description

Sheet from colour woodblock triptych print, entitled Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho sankei gunshu no zu (Crowds Visiting Benzaiten Shrine Opening on Enoshima, Sagami province), depicting crowd of pilgrims crossing the sandspit, with Mt Fuji in the distance: by Utagawa Hiroshige, Edo, Japan, 1847-52

Museum reference

A.1887.745.74.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia

Date

1847 - 1852

Materials

Paper