Large bell of Zōjō-ji Temple/ 増上寺大鐘

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A young woman and child walk the path approaching Zojo-ji Temple. The path is line with several pine trees and to the right of the central figures is one of the temple's bright read structures. Further in the background more temple visitors and buildings can be seen. Zojo-ji Temple was the family Temple of Tokugawa shogunate house as was home to a large bell that was 3 meters high and weighed 15 tons. The was said to be the first in Edo and was built by order of the 4th Shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna.
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Title
Large bell of Zōjō-ji Temple/ 増上寺大鐘
Creator(s)
Utagawa Hiroshige II/ 二代目 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画) ; Utagawa Kunisada/ 歌川 国貞 (Signature: kio Toyokuni ga/ 喜翁豊国筆)
Issued
1864
Genre
woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s)
Temples -- Japan -- Art ; Japan -- Social life and customs -- Art ; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 ; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Continent
Asia
Country
Japan
Region
Tōkaidō
City
Tokyo
Local Identifier
NE1325.U7_E42_0033
URI / Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100988
Related Work
Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series
Thirty-six Scenes of the Pride of Edo/ 江戸自慢三十六輿 (Edo jiman sanjūrokkyō)
Series Description
A collaborative series done by Utagawa Hiroshige II and Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), published by Hiranoya Shinzo in 1864. This series is in a vertical Oban format. The series depicts a collection of specialty products, popular sites, and events around the capital of Edo. It is likely meant to serve as a kind of advertisement for the capital city and the collaboration was likely so Hiroshige II could use Kunisada's name to sell more prints and increase his noteriaty early in his career.

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