The Koromo River flows below Tennō-ji temple — a Buddhist establishment in Asakusa-Hashiba on the Sumida's east bank — in this 1880 nishiki-e. The Komotogawa (Koromo River) was a tributary waterway draining into the Sumida near Hashiba, surrounded by the low-lying marshland gardens and temple precincts that characterised eastern Tokyo before large-scale land reclamation. Kiyochika renders the scene with the hazy distance and atmospheric humidity of a late-summer afternoon on the river.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Koromo River below Tennō-ji Temple was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1880.
Koromo River below Tennō-ji Temple depicts landscapes, temples & shrines, and rivers & lakes.
Koromo River below Tennō-ji Temple measures 23.2 × 33.7 cm (Oban format).
