Awa Province, Kominato, Uchiura (5765342641)

Accession number: 1957. 263 display artist: utagawa hiroshige display title: "awa province, kominato, uchiura" translation(s): "(awa, kominato, uchiura)" series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue creation date: 1853 medium: woodblock height: 13 1/2 in. Width: 9 in. Display dimensions: 13 1/2 in. X 9 in. (34. 29 cm x 22. 86 cm) publisher: koshimuraya heisuke credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett label copy: "one of series: rokuju ye shin. Meisho dzu. ""view of 60 or more provinces"". Published by koshei kei in 1853-1856. Included in this collection are 3 duplicates. The roofs of a famous buddhist temple are visible over the village dwellings on the shores of uchiura bay. This temple commemorates the birth of nichiren (12221282) who founded the lotus sect of buddhism in 1253. " collection: the san diego museum of art.