Title : Soshu Enoshima Benzaiten kaicho-mode Hongu Iwaya no zu (Picture of Iwaya, The Main Shrine: Pilgrims to the Display of Benzaiten at Enoshima, Sagami Province)

Artist : Utagawa Hiroshige

Date : 1851

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock oban triptych print. Pilgrimages to Benzaiten Shrine at Enoshima, seen from direction of shore and connecting causeway: View from back of island; distant Mt Fuji in left; Iwaya Main Shrine cave and Manaita-iwa in right; groups of women wearing pilgrims' matching cotton robes over kimono and carrying paper parasols. Inscribed, signed and sealed.

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