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Kakegawa: Distant View of Mount Akiha
Kakegawa: Distant View of Mount Akiha
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Kakegawa: Distant View of Mount Akiha

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Publisher (Japanese)
Date1834
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions22.5 x 35.2 cm (8 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.1066
Label TextKakegawa: Distant View of Mount Akiba (Akibayama emb ) 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 1901.1066 Travelers cross an earth-covered bridge over the Shiohi River, while farmers work in the flooded rice field. Mount Akiba, atop which is one of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, rises in the background.
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