Pilgrimage to Myōhōji in Horinouchi, Edo

ca. 1804

Not on view

Toyohiro did not make as many prints as paintings. These two prints, the rightmost of a set of five, illustrate a group of women paying homage at Myōhōji temple, which is dedicated to the founder of the Nichiren sect. Toyohiro portrayed the elegant women against a backdrop of the Myōhōji temple precinct rendered in Western perspective (uki-e).

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Horinouchi Myōhōji Eho Mairi no Zu
Title: Pilgrimage to Myōhōji in Horinouchi, Edo
Artist: Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1763–1828)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1804
Culture: Japan
Medium: Two sheets of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); W. 19 in. (48.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Object Number: JP1006
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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