View of Miho Bay in Suruga Province

Catalog note / 解説

This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design offers an expansive panorama across and beyond Miho Bay. Hiroshige has taken the view from one of the prime locations from which to see Mount Fuji. The mountain rises in an almost uninterrupted sweep to the north-east. Miho Bay lies on the coast of Shizuoka Prefecture near Ejiri, the 18th post-station of the Tokaido Highway. It was famous for the pine beach that jutted out on its seaward side. You can see it here across the centre of the design. The two sets of characters below the coastline in the middle distance identify two well-known sites along the coast of Suruga Bay. They are the Kiyomigaseki Barrier (left) and the Satta Pass (middle). Materia…