Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1853. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper; overall: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.). 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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Hotohoto Festival at Izumo Grand Shrine, from the series Views of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces, 1853. Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). Color woodblock print, ink and color on paper; overall: 34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.). 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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