Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Ruth Lathrop Sikes in memory of her brother Bruce Sikes, 1967expand_more P.13,914
Jñmantsubo (100,00 tsubo or about 8 acres) was a large tract of land along the coast of Susaki, on the outskirts of Edo. In illustrating this rather desolate area from a "bird's-eye" view, Hiroshige cleverly depicted an actual bird-an eagle. The print with the darker background (right) is from a later edition, although the deterioration of the woodblocks-discernable through slight discrepancies in registration-is hardly noticeable.
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