Accession number: 1957. 260
display artist: utagawa hiroshige
display title: "nagato province, shimonoseki"
translation(s): "(nagato, shimonoseki)"
series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces
suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue
creation date: 1856
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 famous battle of dan-no-ura took place at this port in 1185. The genji, or minamoto, clan emerged victorious over the heike, or taira. The child heir of the defeated taira was forced to drown himself with the ladies of the clan in order to preserve their honor and join their slain samurai at the bottom of the sea. "
collection: the san diego museum of art.
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