Accession number: 1957. 273
display artist: utagawa hiroshige
display title: "sanuki province, distant view of mount zozu"
translation(s): "(sanuki, zozusan enbo)"
series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces
suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue
creation date: 1855
medium: woodblock
height: 13 1/2 in. Width: 8 13/16 in. Display dimensions: 13 1/2 in. X 8 13/16 in. (34. 29 cm x 22. 38 cm)
publisher: koshimuraya heisuke
credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett
label copy: "one of series: rokuju ye shin. Meisho dzu. ""views of 60 or more provinces"". Published by koshei kei in 1853-1856. Included in this collection are 3 duplicates. The word z?zu means elephant head, and the mountain in the background is so-named for its shape. The temple sanctuary midway up its slope is a popular pilgrimage destination. "
collection: the san diego museum of art.
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