Accession number: 1957. 317
display artist: utagawa hiroshige
display title: "buzen province, the passage under the rakan monastery"
translation(s): "(buzen, rakanji shita michi)"
series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces
suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue
creation date: 1854
medium: woodblock
height: 13 7/16 in. Width: 8 7/8 in. Display dimensions: 13 7/16 in. X 8 7/8 in. (34. 13 cm x 22. 54 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. Rakan, also known as lohan, are buddhist adepts who have achieved enlightenment. In the caves are stone carvings of the sixteen rakan, who were propitiated for the protection of seafarers. "
collection: <a href="http://www. Sdmart. Org/art/our-collection/asian-art" rel="nofollow">the san diego museum of art</a>.
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