Minakuchi: meishō Hiramatsuyama no fumoto (Minakuchi: Famous Place at the Base of Mount Hiramatsu)

Description

Colour woodblock print 51 entitled Minakuchi: meishō Hiramatsuyama no fumoto (Minakuchi: Famous Place at the Base of Mount Hiramatsu) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting travellers walking alongside a stream at the base of the mountain: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.36

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: Minakuchi, Koka-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Hiramatsu-yama, Shiga-ken, Japan, East Asia