Hoki Province: Ono and Distant View of Mount Daisen
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1435
DescriptionPrint no. 41 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextRice was such an important crop that feudal lords measured their wealth by it and farmers paid their taxes with it. In the foreground, farmers in straw hats and rain capes transplant rice seedlings into flooded paddy fields. In the background, shrouded in mist, is Mount Daisen, the spiritual heart of the area. The mountain had a Shinto shrine and Buddhist temple, and served as a center for mountain worship.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
