Ōmi, Biwako, Ishiyamadera

Item number N2.1123 cccc from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Landscape and water scene of village, boats, sailing ships, a bridge, mountain and moon. Brown and red rectangles with black Japanese characters inside.

Narrative

This print is called Ōmi, Biwako, Ishiyamadera (近江琵琶湖石山寺; Ōmi Province: Lake Biwa, Ishiyama Temple) from the series Rokujūyoshū meisho zue (六十余州名所図絵; Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces). The printed is signed 廣重筆 (Hiroshige hitsu). The original series, published from 1853–1856 has a seal of the block cutter Horitake (彫竹), but this print does not have any marks of a block cutter, printer or publisher. It is a later reprint/impression from the early twentieth century. Collected by James and Mary Fyfe-Smith in 1911.