Maker(s): | Utagawa Hiroshige I
| Culture: | Japanese (1797-1858)
| Title: | Kanda Myoji keidai chobo [Panoramic View from the Precincts of the Kanda Myoji Shrine], from the series Edo meisho [Famous Places in Edo]
| Date Made: | 1854 (Ansei 1)
| Type: | Print
| Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| Measurements: | Mount: 12 1/8 in x 17 3/8 in; 30.8 cm x 44.1 cm; Sheet/Image: 8 1/2 in x 13 5/8 in; 21.6 cm x 34.6 cm
| Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink in cartouche): [Japanese character, Hiroshige ga]; TITLE: recot, upp. r. (black ink in cartouche): [Japanese character, Toto meisho]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink in cartouche): [Japanese character, Kanda / Myoji / Keidai / Chobo]; INSCRIPTION: recot, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]]; SEAL: recot, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Aratame].
| Accession Number: | MH 1949.51.Q.RII
| Credit Line: | Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
| Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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