Bizen Province: the Tanokuchi Coast and Yugason Torii Gate
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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 number1901.59.1441
DescriptionPrint no. 46 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label Text'Torii' gates mark the entrances to Shinto shrines and denote the transition from the mundane to the sacred. They were traditionally made of wood or stone and left either natural or painted vermillion. This large 'torii' stood in the harbor beneath Mount Yuga, an important religious pilgrimage site where a Shinto shrine and Buddhist monastery once stood.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
