Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2008 Visualizing Cultures
“Temple at Asakusa” by  Hiroshige II, 1861 Prints from the collection of Leonhardt, exhibited in the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution
“Temple at Asakusa” by  Hiroshige II, 1861
Sight-seeing: a Buddhist temple in Edo (now Tokyo) had a thriving market and was a favorite site for excursions.

Since travel beyond Yokohama was restricted at the time, this image was probably an imaginative visualization.
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