Mikawa Province: the Horai Temple Mountains
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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 number1901.59.1402
DescriptionPrint no. 10 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label Text1425 stone steps comprise the winding path to the eighth-century, cliffside Buddhist Horai Temple, ensconced among cedar trees. The remains of a monastery and several shrines appear even higher up in areas where Hiroshige has parted the mist encircling the mountain.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
