Komagata-do (Komagata Hall) / Tokyo meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo)
- Date:
- 1893 (1 September;printing; 5 September;published)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- British Museum
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
Komagata-do (Komagata Hall) — a Buddhist temple hall near the Sumida River in Asakusa, celebrated for its small statue of the horse-headed Kannon — is depicted in the 1893 "Famous Places in Tokyo" series. This riverside temple, modest in scale but significant in popular devotion, represented the kind of intimate urban sacred site that dotted Shitamachi Tokyo. Shuntei's rendering captures both the architectural character of the hall and its relationship to the surrounding urban environment of the Asakusa district.
Komagata-do (Komagata Hall) / Tokyo meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo) was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1893 (1 September;printing; 5 September;published).
Komagata-do (Komagata Hall) / Tokyo meisho zue (Famous Places in Tokyo) depicts architecture, set at Tokyo.
