#8. Yushima
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Description
Yushima Seido, the Confucian temple in the Yushima district of Edo, was established in 1690 by the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi and served as the center of official Neo-Confucian scholarship in Tokugawa Japan. Its austere black-lacquered buildings and spacious grounds offered a stark contrast to the ornate Buddhist temples elsewhere in the city. This numbered Edo view captures the temple's formal, scholarly precinct.
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Frequently Asked Questions
#8. Yushima was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重).
#8. Yushima depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines.