Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

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Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)", 1853. Color woodblock print; oban.

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Museum title: Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Japanese, 1797-1858
Date: 1853
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Credit line: Gift of Chester W. Wright
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1797–1858

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

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Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series "Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)"

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