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View from Mount Kiyosumi in Awa Province

Woodblock Print
1852 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige shows the Pacific Ocean. The fine south-westward view is that seen from the slopes of Mount Kiyosumi in Chiba Prefecture. It is one of five related designs published in 1852. This was the year when Hiroshige made what is thought to have been at least his second journey to the Boso Peninsular. Mount Kiyosumi lies to the north of the port of Kominato. You can see the porters on the right with their flower-strewn loads of charcoal making their way there. The area was famous because the founder of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism was born in Kominato in 1222. Nichiren underwent his early religious training at the Seicho Temple on the summit of Mount Kiyosumi.

Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • View from Mount Kiyosumi in Awa Province (assigned by artist)
  • Famous Places in Boso (series title)
Materials and techniques
Colour print from woodblocks
Brief description
Woodblock print, Utagawa Hiroshige I; 'View from Mount Kiyosumi in Awa Province', from the series 'Famous Views in Boso'; fan print, Japanese, 1852
Physical description
Fan print, aiban size. Artist signature: Hiroshige ga. Publisher mark: Tsujiya Yasubei. Censor seals: Mera and Watanabe. Date seal: Rat 12 (1852/12).
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 220mm
  • Approx. width: 290mm
Style
Credit line
R. Leicester Harmsworth Gift
Summary
This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige shows the Pacific Ocean. The fine south-westward view is that seen from the slopes of Mount Kiyosumi in Chiba Prefecture. It is one of five related designs published in 1852. This was the year when Hiroshige made what is thought to have been at least his second journey to the Boso Peninsular. Mount Kiyosumi lies to the north of the port of Kominato. You can see the porters on the right with their flower-strewn loads of charcoal making their way there. The area was famous because the founder of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism was born in Kominato in 1222. Nichiren underwent his early religious training at the Seicho Temple on the summit of Mount Kiyosumi.
Collection
Accession number
E.2925-1913

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Record createdNovember 19, 2003
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