Japanese Print "Izumo Province: The Hotohoto Festival at the Great Shrine" by Utagawa Hiroshige
Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige
Title:Izumo Province: The Hotohoto Festival at the Great Shrine
Date:1853
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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The Shinto shrines at Izumo were among the oldest and most important in Japan, dedicated to the patron deity of marriage and relationships. In this depiction, three women stand beneath sacred cryptomeria trees near the shrine’s torii gate on a misty day. They carry evergreen offerings and wear katsugi, traditional head coverings shaped like kimonos.
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![Japanese Print "Izumo Province: Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto (Izumo, Taisha, Hotohoto no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 歌川広重 (Utagawa Hiroshige I)](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc230772.jpg "Izumo Province: Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto (Izumo, Taisha, Hotohoto no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
![Japanese Print "Izumo Province: Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto (Izumo, Taisha, Hotohoto no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)" by Utagawa Hiroshige, 歌川広重 (Utagawa Hiroshige I)](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc130581.jpg "Izumo Province: Taisha, Depiction of Hotohoto (Izumo, Taisha, Hotohoto no zu), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
