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Ejiri: Tago Bay and Miho no Matsubarafront

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Ejiri: Tago Bay and Miho no Matsubara

  • Description

    Tago Bay and the pine grove at Miho were among the most famous scenic spots on the Tōkaidō. Here Hiroshige shows fishing boats and nets drying on the shore in the foreground, while larger boats sail along the Okitsu River behind them. Hiroshige has included elements of Western perspective in this print, notably in the way that the boats decrease in size towards the horizon.

  • Details

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    Series
    Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations
    Associated place
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of publication)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Tōkaidō road › Ejiri (subject)
    Date
    designed 1855
    Artist/maker
    Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)
    Associated people
    Kōeidō (active c. 1830 - 1880) (publisher)
    Tsutaya Kichizō (active c. 1830 - 1880) (publisher)
    Material and technique
    woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
    Dimensions
    mount 55.4 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
    print 34.1 x 72.7 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
    Accession no.
    EAX.4374

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