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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)
Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley
Mimasaka Province: Yamabushi Valley (Mimasaka, Yamabushidani), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)

Woodblock print, signed Hiroshige hitsu, published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, December 1853
Vertical oban (36.3 x 24.8cm.)
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Travellers struggle against heavy rain and strong wind in the Yamabushi Valley, causing one man's hat to go flying away.

For another impression of this design in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, go to:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/mimasaka-province-yamabushi-valley-mimasaka-yamabushidani-from-the-series-famous-places-in-the-sixty-odd-provinces-of-japan-dai-nihon-rokuj%C3%BByosh%C3%BB-meisho-zue-217541

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