Artist: Utagawa Toyoharu

Title: View of Sanjūsangendō in Kyōto.

Date: [between 1764 and 1772]

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Source: Library of Congress
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Description: Print shows a wooden building, Sanjūsangendō, a Buddhist temple housing 1001 statues of Kannon, a Buddhist goddess, with an archer kneeling at one end shooting an arrow into the bull's-eye of a target at the other end of the building. Also shows the judge's stand and a long promenage on the left with many pedestrians and street vendors.

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