131003-0050.1-OS - Shrine in Shinjuku

Juniso Kumano Shrine in Shinjuku in Edo (current Tokyo), 1856 (Ansei 6). The shrine still exists and is now part of Shinjuku Central Park, in the shadows of the Metropolitan Government Buildings.

This woodblock print is image 50 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei), a series created by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重, 1797–1858).

It is one of 30 summer scenes in the series.

Title: Kumano Junisha Shrine at Tsunohazu, known as “Juniso” (角筈熊野十二社 俗称十二そう, Tsunohazu Kumano Junisha zokusho Juniso)

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