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Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces 1985.311_web
"Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces", is a color woodblock print utilizing color and ink on paper that is 34.3 x 22.9 cm in size. The work was created by artist Utagawa Hiroshige, in 1853 and depicts three figures standing in front of three trees being flanked by two outlined bodies and an arched pathway leading to a shrine in the misty background. The work is made to represent the Izumo Shrine and ritual in which the Kami are guided by handheld lanterns to visit their communal shrine during the month of October or November. The work itself was given to the CMA by Mrs. Kelvin Smith as part of the Kelvin Smith Collection in 1985 and is not currently on display
Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces 1985.311_web
Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces 1985.311_web
"Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces", is a color woodblock print utilizing color and ink on paper that is 34.3 x 22.9 cm in size. The work was created by artist Utagawa Hiroshige, in 1853 and depicts three figures standing in front of three trees being flanked by two outlined bodies and an arched pathway leading to a shrine in the misty background. The work is made to represent the Izumo Shrine and ritual in which the Kami are guided by handheld lanterns to visit their communal shrine during the month of October or November. The work itself was given to the CMA by Mrs. Kelvin Smith as part of the Kelvin Smith Collection in 1985 and is not currently on display
Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces 1985.311_web