Yugoyoji Temple (Fugisawa), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1834
name: label: Artist
content: Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 1797–1858
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four blind men are about to stroll through the torii, a wooden gateway entrance to the Enoshima Benzaiten Shrine. The legend of Sugiyama Kenko, a blind man, mastered the skill of acupuncture after praying to the deity, Benzaiten. It is said that many who were blind visited this shore town to acquire a skill. On the Daigiri Bridge, across the Sakai River, are sightseers on their way to the island of Enoshima. Far off on in the middle of the mountain is the view of Yugyoji Temple (Shojoko-ji). Today this is still a popular tourist destination regardless of the steep climb.
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 Mary Rutherford Jay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-134-7
objectType: label: Type
content: seascapes
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24 x 36.9 cm (9 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)