24 Utagawa Hiroshige 1797 – 1858 Temple Fuso-ji on the Cliffs in Mikawa Province

publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke

This print from Hiroshige’s celebrated series Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshū meisho zue), issued around 1853, depicts the Fuso-ji Temple in Mikawa Province, dramatically perched among mountain cliffs with waterfalls and steep paths leading upward through misty peaks. Hiroshige employs a vertical composition and vivid color contrasts to emphasize both the grandeur of Japan’s natural landscape and the serene spirituality of this pilgrimage site. The design stands among the most striking compositions of the series and exemplifies Hiroshige’s mature late-period landscape style.