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Okitsu: View of a Bend in the Okitsu River
Okitsu: View of a Bend in the Okitsu River
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Okitsu: View of a Bend in the Okitsu River

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher (Japanese)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22 x 34.6 cm (8 11/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1055
Label TextOkitsu: Okitsu River (Okitsugawa) from 53 Stations on the T kaid And Hiroshige 1797-1858 Multicolor woodblock print, ban Artist signature: Hiroshige ga Censor's seal: kiwame Publisher: Takemago, Tsuruki John Chandler Bancroft Collection 1901.1055 Tiny porters carry huge sum wrestlers across the river. Behind them are the Pine Groves of Miho (Miho no Matsubara), a beauty spot famous in poetry and painting.
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Okitsu
Okitsu
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1857, 7th month
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1858
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1834
Kanaya: The Far Bank of the Oi River
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Dam on the Otonashi River at Ōji, Popularly Known as “The Great Waterfall” (Ōji Otonashigawa entai, sezoku Ōtaki to tonau)
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