Tanba kanesaka – Vintage Wall Art
![Tanba kanesaka, [Tokyo : Koshi-Hei, 1853] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e909c4f01d4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of Tanba kanesaka. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tanba kanesaka
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Rock formations, rather than a temple or town, make this sheet stand out among the Tanba views in the series. Tanba was an old province northwest of Kyoto, and the record names this feature only as Kanesaka. The print comes from Hiroshige's *Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces*, issued around 1853, and it carries the censor's *aratame* seal that publishers needed before printing. Landscape sheets like this sold widely to townspeople who would never travel to these places, so they served as both entertainment and a form of armchair tourism.
| Created / published | [Tokyo : Koshi-Hei, 1853] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 35.9 x 24.1 cm. |
| Genre | Ukiyo-e 1850-1860.Landscape prints Japanese 1850-1860.Woodcuts Color Japanese 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokujū-Yo shū Meisho-Zue : Famous views in the sixty-odd provinces. Signature: Hiroshige hitsu. Has a censor's 'aratame' seal, a year-month seal, and a ishibari (stone beam). Format: Vertical Oban Nishikie. Forms part of: Visual materials from Donald D. Walker collection. |
| Subjects | Rock formations--Japan--Tanba Region--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,621 × 4,444 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221869 |
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