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The Floating Shrine of the Torch off the Coast of Oki Province, no. 44 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
The Floating Shrine of the Torch off the Coast of Oki Province, no. 44 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces

The Floating Shrine of the Torch off the Coast of Oki Province, no. 44 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban; overall: 13 15/16 × 9 3/4 in. (35.4 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioPictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)
Object number1950.1299
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Forty-eight Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN ( 1954-02 - 1954-02 )
  • University of the South, Sewannee, TN ( 1954-03 - 1954-03 )
Japanese Prints from the Mary A. Ainsworth Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (May 20, 1986 - July 20, 1986 )
Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2005 - December 23, 2005 )
Collections
  • Asian
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