Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA INV 10000016 USNM Ethnology Catalog 398551
- Variant Title
- Asakusa Temple and Sumida River
- Artist
- Totoya, Hokkei, 1780-1850
- Artist
- Totoya, Hokkei, 1780-1850
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- MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps
- Extent
- 1 Print (color woodblock, 24.25 x 17.75 inches mounted on 29 x 22 inches)
- Date
- before 1850
- Container
- Map-folder 3, Item 4
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Graphic Materials
- Prints
- Collection Citation
- MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- A bird's-eye view of the temple grounds of Sensōji in the Asakusa district, popularly known as Asakusa kannon (Goddess of Mercy) temple. Numerous Buddhist religious structures are depicted, as well as streets and dwellings in the surrounding areas and the Sumida River with bridges and watercraft. Additional imprints include Takashima Chūhei, Izumiya Shiei, and Ki(?)mura Hanzō, possibly printers and publishers. On the same mount is a small photograph of the "Modern Sumida River," which shows the river and part of an iron bridge.
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1673988000773-1673988001362-1
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