Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22712

View of Suzume Bay at Kanazawa

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代: 1851
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 2000 × 1497 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige gives a view of Suzumegaura ('Swallow Bay'). The famous beauty spot is located in the Kanazawa area in Kanagawa Prefecture. Other views of this area suggest that Mount Fuji would have been visible from further out to sea in the direction of the rocky outcrop to the right. The roof-boat in which the three women are riding is similar to those that were used on the rivers and canals of Edo (modern Tokyo). What looks like a puff of smoke in the background is a net that the fisherman is casting into the sea. Materials: Colour print from woodblocks

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