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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS
(LOTS 24-83)

41 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858) 42 UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE (1797-1858)

Asakusa Kinryuzan (Kinryuzan Asakusa tanbo Torinomachi
temple, Asakusa) mode (Asakusa Ricefields and

Torinomachi Festival)
Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo
hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo),
signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi, Woodblock print, from the series Meisho Edo
hyakkei (One hundred famous views of Edo),
7th month 1856
signed Hiroshige ga, published by Uoya Eikichi,
Vertical oban: 13¬ x 9 in. (34.6 x 22.9 cm.) 11th month 1857
The Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa, also known as Sensoji, is
$2,000-3,000 one of the most famous sites of Edo and Hiroshige depicted this Vertical oban: 13Ω x 9 in. (34.3 x 22.9 cm.) Resting on a window ledge, a white cat gazes out through a
temple in many of his works. In this print, we see the serene barred window over the Asakusa rice-fields below. A flock of
snow scenery of the Nio mon (Guardian Gate) and five-storied $2,000-3,000 birds descend towards Mount Fuji in the southwest and a long
PROVENANCE: silhouetted line of a festival procession extends across the paddies.
pagoda in the distance and Kaminarimon (Thunder Gate) with
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, a large lantern in front. The temple retains the busy, festive PROVENANCE: Here was the sight of Otori Shrine, worshipped particularly by
Massachusetts atmosphere of the Edo period. the commoner class in the Edo period for commercial favour and
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954), Springfield, fortune, and communally celebrated in the Torinomachi festival
Massachusetts in November.