Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 51606
Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshû Suwa-ko)
信州諏訪湖
- Artist / 作者
- Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
- Date / 年代
- 1830-1833
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / met
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 3865 × 2632 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Published by / 公開者
- 紫藤メイ
- Rights / 権利
- CC0 1.0 only when Open Access-designated
- Attribution / 表記
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Catalog note / 解説
Lake Suwa, a body of water about 3 miles long and 2 ½ miles wide, lies in the Suwa basin, about 120 miles west of Edo, in Shinano province (present-day Nagano prefecture). Around the edge of the lake, there developed towns including Kami Suwa and Shimo Suwa (Upper and Lower Suwa, respectively). Kami Suwa prospered as a town connected with an ancient castle that was once occupied by the famous warrior Takeda Shingen. Rebuilt in 1590, it was reinstated as a holding of the Suwa daimyö family by the shogunate. The district of Suwa was also located where two major highways converged – the Köshü and the Kiso road. The latter (also called the Nakasendö Road) ran through the mountainous regions and…
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