Identification title(s): the character 'dai' on mount nyoigatake. Nyoidake daimonji (title on object). Famous faces of the capital (series title). Miyako meisho no uchi (series title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1986-10. Catalog reference: jap cat v 216. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760. Description: evening landscape with full moon; people on a winding road across a plain, looking at the illuminated sign 'dai' on the mountain, which means 'great'. In summer, during the obon festival, fires are lit in clearings on the slopes of mount nyoigatake in kyoto to illuminate the sign 'dai'. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: sadanobu (i), hasegawa (mentioned on object), publisher: wataya kihei (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: printmaker: japan, publisher: osaka. Dating: 1850 - 1860. Physical characteristics: color woodcut; line block in black with color blocks. Material: paper technique: color woodcut. Dimensions: top: h 186 mm × w 253 mm. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1986. Date: between 1850 and 1860.
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