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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.1098
People
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese (1797 - 1858)
Published by Sumiyoshiya Masagorō 住吉屋政五郎
Title
Pilgrimage to the Unveiling of Benzaiten at Enoshima in Sagami: Caves at the Main Shrine
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 相州江の島 辨才天開帳詣 本宮岩屋の図
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1851
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199451

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e) triptych; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
vertical ōban triptych, overall: H. 37.5 × W. 75.8 cm (14 3/4 × 29 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • signature: printed, on each sheet: 廣重画 [Hiroshige ga]
  • seal: censor seal of Kinugasa; printed, circular: 衣笠 [Kinugasa]
  • seal: censor seal of Murata; printed, circular: 村田 [Murata]
  • (not assigned): publisher's mark of Sumiyoshiya Masagorō; printed, with square cartouche: 吉 [Yoshi]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.1098
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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