Horinouchi Myōhōji Eho Mairi no Zu|Pilgrimage to Myōhōji in Horinouchi, Edo

Utagawa Toyohiro

ca. 1804 · Two sheets of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

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).

Artist

Utagawa Toyohiro

Date

ca. 1804

Medium

Two sheets of a pentaptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914