Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22697
Distant View of Mount Zozu in Sanuki Province
- 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
- 2000 × 1553 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 青木ソラ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige shows two women in travelling clothes. They are resting on their way to the Kotohira (Konpira) Shrine in the eastern part of Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. Zozusan ('Mount Elephant Head') was the popular name for the heavily wooded south-eastern end of Mount Osa. You can just make out some of the shrine buildings on the lower slope of the mountain, to the right of the reddening sky. Founded in the 11th century, the Kotohira Shrine was dedicated to the guardian deity of fishermen and sailors. During the Edo period (1615-1868) large numbers of pilgrims from all over Japan visited it. They still do today. Materials: Colour prin…
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