Harima Province: Maiko Beach
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853
Mediumink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1439
DescriptionPrint no. 44 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextLocated on the Inland Sea, the tranquil shores and rugged pines of Maiko Beach have been celebrated by Japanese poets throughout history. One such poem was included in the Manyoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), an anthology of Japanese poetry compiled during the Nara period (710−794 CE).
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1855