Hitachi Kashima Daijingu (The Great Kashima Shrine in Hitachi), from the series Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces)
Utagawa Hiroshige, Hitachi Kashima Daijingu (The Great Kashima Shrine in Hitachi), from the series Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces), 1853, 8th month, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection, public domain, 32.537
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- Title
Hitachi Kashima Daijingu (The Great Kashima Shrine in Hitachi), from the series Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces)
- Related Titles
alternate: Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, Illustrated
original language: 常陸 鹿嶋太神宮
series (original language): 六十余州名所圖会
series (translated): Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
series (transliterated): Rokujūyoshū meisho zue
translated: The Great Kashima Shrine in Hitachi
transliterated: Hitachi Kashima daijingū
- Artist
- Related People
carver: Yokokawa Takejirō (Japanese, active mid-19th century)
publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Japanese, active ca. 1843-1865)
- Date
1853, 8th month
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 13 11/16 in x 9 1/16 in; sheet: 14 3/16 in x 9 3/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
title: 常陸 / 鹿島大神宮, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on yellow ground, top right Transliteration (Translation): Hitachi Kashima Daijingū (Hitachi, Great Kashima Shrine) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 村田, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, top margin, right Transliteration (Translation): Murata ([seal of the censor Murata Sahei 村田佐右衛]) Language: Japanese
censor's mark: 衣笠, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, top margin, right Transliteration (Translation): Kinugasa ([seal of the censor Kinugasa Fusajirō 衣笠房次郎]) Language: Japanese
date stamp: 丑八, printed in black relief within oval cartouche, top margin, right Transliteration (Translation): ushi hachi (ox 8 [1853, 8th month]) Language: Japanese
series title: 六十余州名所圖会, printed in black ink within rectanglar cartouche on red ground, top right Transliteration (Translation): Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (famous places in the sixty-odd provinces illustrated) Language: Japanese
carver's seal: 彫竹, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, lower left Transliteration (Translation): hori take (carver Take) Language: Japanese Description: Seal of the carver Yokokawa Takejirō 横川竹二郎, active c.1850-1864.
signature: 廣重筆, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on red ground, lower left Transliteration (Translation): Hiroshige hitsu (brushed [by] Hiroshige) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
The Mary Andrews Ladd Collection
- Accession Number
32.537
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2011 The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman's Hand: Three Centuries of Japanese Prints from the Portland Art Museum Portland Art Museum
