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Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
1853
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
(1615-1868)
Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Overall: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith 1985.311
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Izumo Shrine is a Shinto shrine on Honshu Island. The Japanese believe that Shinto kami (divine spirits) leave their own shrines for a month in October or November-depending on the lunar calendar-and travel to Izumo Shrine. During this time, a festival is held in which celebrants carrying lighted torches lead the kami to the shrine.
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