Sakanoshita: gankutsu no Kannon (Sakanoshita: Cave of Kannon)

Description

Colour woodblock print 49 entitled Sakanoshita: gankutsu no Kannon (Sakanoshita: Cave of Kannon) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting pilgrims walking along the path towards the cave of Kannon in the mountain-side: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.34

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Sakanoshita, Kameyama-shi, Mie-ken, Japan, East Asia