Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 23907

The Sea off Satta in Suruga Province (Suruga Satta kaijô)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1858
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録
1044 × 1500 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

<b>Object Type</b><br>Japanese woodblock prints were commercial productions made for popular consumption. They were made by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. The popularity of landscape prints in 19th-century Japan was a reflection of the growth of travel and the associated demand for depictions of famous beauty spots.<br><br><b>Place</b><br>The Satta Pass and the wild sea below it was a well-known location on the Tokaido highway. This main route along the eastern seaboard of Japan connected Edo (modern Tokyo) and Kyoto. The pass was created in 1655 to improve the road at this point. Mount Fuji can be seen rising majestic…

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