Color woodblock print of a crowded Edo street with wooden buildings, pedestrians, and trees, with a distant bay and the Japanese characters for Kannon in the sky.

Kannon Temple, Eight Views of Edo woodblock print

A color woodblock print showing a crowded street lined with wooden buildings and tiled roofs, with pedestrians walking toward a distant bay under striped clouds. The title character 観音 is written in the upper sky, and a thick decorative border frames the scene.

Artist: Katsushika Hokusai
Date: 1804/16
Medium: Color woodblock prints; horizontal koban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1303 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1820).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Frederick W. and Nathalie C. Gookin Endowment

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