Banshu Takasago Onoe aioi matsu no yurai (Origin of the Onoe Pine Tree in Takasago, Harima province)

Description

Triptych, colour woodblock print, entitled "Banshu Takasago Onoe aioi matsu no yurai" (Origin of the Onoe Pine Tree in Takasago, Harima province), from the series "Shokoku kyuseki zukushi" (Ancient Relics in the Provinces), depicting the legendary third-century Empress Jingu with warriors and attendants: Japan, Edo, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845

Museum reference

A.1887.745.73.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia

Date

1845

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Jingu kōgō

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland