Japanese Print "Oki Province: the Takuhi Shrine" by Utagawa Hiroshige
Artist:Utagawa Hiroshige
Title:Oki Province: the Takuhi Shrine
Date:1853
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Print no. 43 of the series: "Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces" In this print, Hiroshige emphasizes the bows of two large cargo ships sailing by the Takuhi Shrine in the Oki Islands, the shrine’s torii gate visible through the pine trees. The Shinto deity worshipped here was known as a protector of seafarers, and the shrine itself was an important landmark on the perilous northern shipping route. Hiroshige depicts one sailor waving a Shinto wand with paper streamers while two others prepare straw offerings.
![Japanese Print "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), 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/sc130462.jpg "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
![Japanese Print "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), 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/sc208598.jpg "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
![Japanese Print "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), 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/sc135718.jpg "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
![Japanese Print "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), 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/sc130605.jpg "Oki Province: Takuhi Shrine (Oki, Takuhi no yashiro), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue)")
