Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22598

Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujūyoshū meisho zue)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1856
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録
1388 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

Women bringing offerings to the great shrine in Izumo, Izumo, taisha hotohoto no zue. Hotohoto was a festival on the 14th day of the first month and children went around receiving rice cakes or small amounts of money. One of the best designs from Rokuju yoshu meisho zue, “Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces.” The series published by Koshimuraya Heisuke between 7/1853 and 3/1856 ( this being 12/1853 ). Izumo is the oldest shrine in Japan in the far south-east of Honshu. The colourful foreground figures contrast with the silhouettes of others and cryptomeria trees receding into the mist. Fine early impression with nice wiped bokashi across the foreground ( missing on later editions ). Th…

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