Chikugo Province, The Currents Around the Weir (5765346825)

Accession number: 1957. 285 display artist: utagawa hiroshige display title: "chikugo province, the currents around the weir" translation(s): "(chikugo, yanase)" 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: 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. ""views of 60 or more provinces"". Published by koshei kei in 1853-1856. Included in this collection are 3 duplicates. The chikugo river is the largest on the island of ky?sh?. The raised platform by the low dam was used to store the hoop nets used to catch the trout-like fish for which this region is known. " collection: the san diego museum of art.