Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro 井の頭の池弁天の社), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景)
Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro 井の頭の池弁天の社), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景)

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Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro 井の頭の池弁天の社), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景),

1856 [Ansei 3], 4th month

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1966-61

Information

Title
Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond (Inokashira no ike Benten no yashiro 井の頭の池弁天の社), from the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (Meisho Edo hyakkei 名所江戸百景)
Dates

1856 [Ansei 3], 4th month

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to block: 33.6 x 21.8 cm. (13 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.) mount: 43.9 x 32.2 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Hugh Trumbull Adams, Class of 1935
Object Number
x1966-61
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
views, landscapes (representations), shrines, ponds

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