Ryōgoku senchū Asakusa enkei (Distant View of Asakusa from a boat at Ryōgoku)

Description

Colour woodblock print, entitled Ryōgoku senchū Asakusa enkei (Distant View of Asakusa from a boat at Ryōgoku), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting Asakusa festival, with boats on the river and Shintō paper offerings in the foreground: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Museum reference

A.1887.745.39.39

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Uoya Eikichi, Publisher

Date

1857

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia