Asakusa River – One Hundred Famous View of Edo
| Artist | Utagawa Hiroshige |
|---|---|
| Series | One Hundred Famous View of Edo |
| Title | Asakusa River – One Hundred Famous View of Edo |
| Year | 1857 |
| Description: | "Meisho Edo Hyakkei" (One Hundred Famous View of Edo). "Asakusagawa, Ohkawabata, Miyakogawa" Ohyama pilgrims and a "yamabushi" (mountain ascetic) blowing a trumpet shell are on a boat decorated with a tall "bonten" (assembly of ritual paper strips). The people on the near boat are going for the absolution to purge the noxious spirits. The scenery is viewed from the under Ryogoku Bridge in the Sumida River. |
| Condition | Excellent Impression and excellent print structure. |
