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Otsu: View of the Soii Tea-House
Otsu: View of the Soii Tea-House
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Otsu: View of the Soii Tea-House

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1098
Label Texttsu: Hashirii Tea-house (Hashirii chamise) 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 1901.1098 Otsu on the southwest shore of scenic Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, is famous for its scenery, its temple and its shrines. Hiroshige, however, depicts this scene at an ordinary inn with oxcarts lined up waiting their turn at the well.
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