Thirty-six enjoyments of Edo: Meguro Gyōnin-zaka slope Fuji
Painted by Utagawa Toyokuni III and Utagawa Hiroshige II 1864 (Genji 1) Tokyo Shiryō Collection 0511-C15

Gyōnin-zaka is a steep slope at Shimo-Meguro, Meguro Ward. The slope was so named because ascetics from Mt.Yudonosan in Ushū (Yamagata Prefecture) built a Dainichinyorai-do hall there. ("gyōnin" means "ascetic".)


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