Sado: Gold Mines
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853, 9th month in the year of the Ox
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1430
DescriptionPrint no. 35 of the series: "Rokujuyoshu meisho zue" ("The sixty odd Provinces: Pictures of...")Label TextProvince of Sado (an island in the Japan Sea): the mouths of the tunnels of the gold mine.--Gookin Sado Island, off the northwest coast of Japan in the Sea of Japan, was associated with goldmines in the publics' mind. Hiroshige depicts the entrance to the mine tunnels with their wooden scaffolding to support the roofs and a shinto offering above the center mine. Miners and the government overseer are the tiny figures in the foreground.--Swinton
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
