Tsuten-Kyo (Merry Making Beneath Maple Trees at Tsuten Kyo)

Hiroshige1835

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service
Woodstock, VT, United States

This print is part of Hiroshige's series "Famous Views of Kyoto". Hiroshige frequently included people as a main focus in his landscapes, depicting not only natural beauty, but the beauty of man's relationship with the natural and built environments.

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Title: Tsuten-Kyo (Merry Making Beneath Maple Trees at Tsuten Kyo)
Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: 1835
Physical Location: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Provenance: This series was possibly purchased by the Billings women during their trip to Japan in 1898. Alternatively, it may have been a given to the family from their good friend, Sho Nemoto.
Contributor: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service
Catalog Number: MABI 9288d

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park, National Park Service

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