Bitchu Province: the Gokei Valley
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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 number1901.59.1442
DescriptionPrint no. 47 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces"Label TextFormed by the Makidani River, the Gokei Valley is famous for its impressive rock formations, thought to resemble dragons ascending to heaven. Here, human visitors on the river banks are depicted to provide contrast in scale to the huge granite rocks and fast moving river.
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855
