Asakusa Kinryuzan
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Asakusa Kinryuzan — the popular name for Senso-ji temple — was the beating heart of Tokyo's old Shitamachi entertainment district, its Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) and Nakamise shopping arcade drawing millions of visitors each year. Koitsu renders the temple complex with the layered depth he brought to all his Tokyo scenes, the great lantern and gate structure framing the pagoda beyond. The image preserves an Asakusa that the firebombing of 1945 would largely destroy.
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Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Asakusa Kinryuzan was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
Asakusa Kinryuzan was published by Doi Sadaichi.
Asakusa Kinryuzan depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines, set at Asakusa.