Toranomon Aoi-saka (Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate)

Description

Colour woodblock print, entitled Toranomon Aoi-saka (Aoi Slope, Outside Toranomon Gate), from the series Meisho Edo hyakkei (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), depicting two artisan apprentices returning from a visit to Konpira Shrine in the moonlight: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

Museum reference

A.1887.745.39.56

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