Ishiyakushi

Ando Hiroshige

Date:

19th c.

Medium:

Japanese woodblock print

ID Number:

2013.2.5.45

• Description
  From the set of prints "53 Stations of the Tokaido." A temple in a grove of trees on the left and the village on the right; behind, a high range of hills, printed from colour blocks. This station developed around an old temple located in peaceful and quiet country surroundings. In the temple, Ishiyakushi, a stone image of Buddha Yakushi was enshrined and it was frequented by many worshippers.
• See Also

  Who

  Ando Hiroshige

  What

  Japanese woodblock print

  From the Collection

  G. Lewis Schmidt and Kyoko Edayoshi Schmidt Art Collection