Accession number: 1957. 309
display artist: utagawa hiroshige
display title: "iga province, ueno"
translation(s): "(iga, ueno)"
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. ""views of 60 or more provinces"". Published by koshei kei in 1853-1856. Included in this collection are 3 duplicates. In the area surrounding the village ueno, a bridge passes over the kazu river between the village and the opposite riverbank, while another path leads out of the village towards a famous castle. Built around 1570, the castle of the iga province was famous for having the highest stone wall in japan. "
collection: the san diego museum of art.
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