Evening View of Kakuman-ji Temple

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Through the stalks of bamboo in the foreground is a view of Kakuman-ji Temple. A woman and monk pass by on the road outside. The roof of the temple and the tops of flowering trees can be seen over the outer wall of the temple.

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Title: Evening View of Kakuman-ji Temple
Creator(s): Nansuitei Yoshiyuki/ 南粋亭芳雪 (Signature: Yoshiyuki ga/ 芳雪画)
Issued: ca. 1860
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Temples -- Japan -- Art ; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art ; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 ; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Continent: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Tōkaidō
City: Ōsaka
Local Identifier: NE1325.U61_N3_0096
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100947
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: One Hundred Famous Views of Naniwa/ 浪花百景 (Naniwa Hyakkei)
Series Description: A collabrative series by Utagawa Kunikazu, Utagawa Yoshitaki, and Nansuitei Yoshiyuki, published by Ishikawaya Wasuke (Ishiwa) in the early 1860s. This series is in Vertical Oban format. Similar to One Hundred Views series by artists like Hiroshige but instead of the capital city (Edo/Tokyo) the subject is Osaka, which was called Naniwa in the Tokugawa period.

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