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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Mount Haruna in Kozuke Province

Mount Haruna in Kozuke Province

c. 1830s
(Japanese, 1787–1867)
Sheet: 26.1 x 37.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The Buddhist sculptures in the upper left corner of this print represent Fudo Myoo flanked by two child deities called Seitaka and Kongara.

Description

This print is the right-hand sheet from a triptych depicting a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site in what is now Gunma prefecture. The women in the foreground observe men undergoing ritual purification by standing under a sacred waterfall. The full composition showed eight women and a child traversing a bridge before a panorama of the religious site.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1943.35