Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan Bentenyama setchu no zu)

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Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan Bentenyama setchu no zu), 1853. Color woodblock print; oban.

Color woodblock print; oban · 24.3 × 36.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Snow on Benten Hill at Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinryuzan Bentenyama setchu no zu)
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861
Date: 1853
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 24.3 × 36.6 cm (9 9/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1797–1861

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.