Senso-ji Temple
A temple located in Taito Ward. At present it is the head temple for the Shokannon Sect. It was formerly of the Tendai Sect. It's sango (honorific mountain name prefixed to a temple's name) is Kinyuzan. It is said the temple began when in 628, 2 brothers were fishing downstream in the Sumida-gawa River and discovered a Kannon statue in their net, which they enshrined in a straw thatched shrine. The temple did well after the founding of Edo as the place of worship of the Tokugawa Clan. The site is one of the leading sacred sites dedicated to the Kannon, and was one of the busiest entertainment spots in all of the Kanto region. The shops lining the passageway from the Kaminari-mon Gate dedicated to Fujin (wind god) and Raijin (thunder god) to the Nio Gate (reconstructed and renamed the Hozo-mon Gate after World War II) began from the shops being assigned the cleaning of the temple grounds in exchange for being allowed to set up the shops within the temple. The temple is also famous for its pigeons. The year-end market and the minoichi (straw and bamboo hat market) were both very popular year-end events. The year-end market was also called the Hagoita-ichi (paddle market, because of the paddles used in traditional New Year's games) and sold New Year's decorations, foods, kitchen goods and other products and was held from December 17-18. The minoichi was a market where people would come from neighboring areas to sell straw raincoats and bamboo hats and was held on March 19 (18 during years with no festival) and December 19, the day after the year-end market.
Nishiki-e and Paintings
浅草観音雷神門
名所江戸百景 浅草金竜山
東都名所 浅草金竜山
浅草金竜山
浅草金竜山朝の雪
東都名所浅草金竜山下東橋雨中望
東都名所 浅草金竜山年ノ市
〔東都名所〕 〔浅草金竜山年之市群集〕
浅草金竜山弁天山雪中之図
江戸名所之内 浅草金竜山弁天山之図
江戸自慢三十六興 浅草年之市
江戸金竜山浅草寺観世音境内図
〔江戸高名会亭尽〕
江都名所 金龍山之圖
江戸名所の内 浅草金龍山
金竜山仁王門
浅草寺桜奉納花盛ノ図
浅草寺奥山群集の図
六十余州名所図会 江戸 浅草市
Photos
東京景色写真版
日本之名勝
日本之勝景 : 一名・帝国美観
仁山智水帖
日本之勝観
最新東京名所写真帖
最新東京名所写真帖
東京名所写真帖 : Views of Tokyo [2]
東京名所写真帖 : Views of Tokyo [2]
東京風景
東京風景
実写奠都五十年史
Other Materials
- 金龍山浅草寺（本文） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 金龍山浅草寺[其一]（挿絵） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 金龍山浅草寺其二（挿絵） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 金龍山浅草寺其三（挿絵） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 金龍山浅草寺其四（挿絵） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 金龍山浅草寺其五（挿絵） 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
- 十二月十八日年の市 松濤軒斎藤長秋 著 et.al, "江戸名所図会 7巻 [16]" (須原屋茂兵衛[ほか] 1834)
Landmarks around Senso-ji Temple
Asakusa Asakusa okuyama Saruwaka-cho Azuma-bashi Bridge Komagatado Matsuchiyama Shodengu Temple / Imado-bashi Bridge Asakusa Hongan-ji Temple Onmaya-gashi Otori-jinja Shrine Mimeguri Inari no Yashiro Shrine
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