Kanasugi Bridge, Shibaura (Kanasugi-bashi Shibaura) From the Series One hunred Views of Edo
date: label: Date
content: 1857
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Here we see a parade of people celebrating the anniversary of Nichiren's, the founder of the school of Buddhism, death heading to the Honmonji funerary temple in Ikegami. Red, white, and blue signs are held up in celebration. Tenugui towels suspended from poles contain the emblem of the Nichiren School of Buddhism. The blue and white cloths located on the bottom left corner has the name of the publishers of the series. The red banner on the bamboo pole contains a sentiment translated as "Salvation is in thee, thou wonderful law of the Lotus Sutra." Written on a drum in the crowd, is: "Heaven and earth are subject to the Lotus Sutra." Each year thousands of people still come to gather in celebration.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-31-304
objectType: label: Type
content: landscapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
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content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper