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Asakusa Hongan-ji temple in the Eastern capital (Tōto Asakusa honganji), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

Made By Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese ; 1760-1849)
CultureJapanese
Dateca. 1830-33
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions10 x 15 in.
Classification(s)
  • EASTERN
Credit LineGift of Thomas S. Michie, Class of 1978
Object numberM.2024.1.1
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceBremen Art Museum (Kunsthalle Bremen); April 1, 1922, Bremen Museum sale, Walpole Galleries, New York, lot 26 ($5.00); purchased by H. Stuart Michie (1871-1943), Worcester, MA; 1943, to his widow, Jeanne Hatch Michie (1879-1958), Worcester, MA; 1958, by inheritance to their son Forbes S. Michie (1915-1998), Worcester, MA; 1988, given to his son Thomas Michie.