# Temple Viewing During Springtime

- By: Ando Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
- Date: 1797-1858
- Medium: Woodblock print in colored ink on paper
- Classification: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Robert H. Patterson
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/74629)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/ca085d8cd337e1de65d4aeaf16af62a8.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This spring scene shows a traditional spring weekend of people enjoying the cherry blossoms and visiting a temple. A long line of visitors, old and young, patiently line up as wait to enter the temple. Other people are shown leisurely strolling along another avenue. Hiroshige balances the scene with his architecture landscape, contrasting colors that are evenly dispersed.