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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) | Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa in Edo (Toto Asakusa hongan-ji) | Edo period, 19th century

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) 

Hongan-ji Temple at Asakusa in Edo (Toto Asakusa hongan-ji) 

Edo period, 19th century  

 

woodblock print, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei), signed Saki no Hokusai Iitsu hitsu (Brush of Iitsu, the former Hokusai), censor’s seal kiwame (approved), published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo), circa 1830-31, black outline

 

Horizontal oban: 24.7 x 38.1 cm., 9¾ x 15 in.  

For a similar impression in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 21.6779, go to:  

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/234442/honganji-temple-at-asakusa-in-edo-toto-asakusa-honganji?ctx=41be9b3b-920f-4a9c-8cfb-5243435864ae&idx=0