Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige
Medium: Woodblock print
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Dates:7th month of 1858
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 1/4 in. (36 x 23.5 cm) Image: 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 in. (34 x 22.2 cm)
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Accession Number: 30.1478.79
Image: 30.1478.79_PS20.jpg,
Catalogue Description: The happy faces shown here are unusual in this series; they are country visitors who have completed their visit to the Zojoji Temple and the shoguns' tombs. Zozoji was an important training carpenter for priests of the Jodo sect and a group of these novices are seen at the left in matched attire. The temple entrance is at the upper left, past a small bridge through the front gate, known as the Daimon, "Great Gate." In the distance are pines that covered the Zozoji precincts. The name Daimon came to apply to the whole stretch of temple-front settlement and today is the name of a subway stop; the gate itself survives right in the middle of a busy avenue. The other important religious center, shown here in the upper right, is a Shinmei shrine known as Shiba Shinmei. This shrine, older than Edo itself, was founded in the eleventh century and is dedicated to the gods of Ise Shrine. It was noted for its unusual architecture, with its protruding roof beams and ridgepole logs, and was one of the patron shrines of the city.