Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa, 1856, 5th month
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.expand_more P.75.51.315
Not on Viewexpand_more
No. 63 (Saikaidō group) on the content page for the series.
The idea behind the series Famous Places of the Sixty-odd Provinces was to show one image for each of Japan's sixty-six provinces. Although some Japanese provinces are mountainous, the great majority are along the coasts where most people lived and worked. This print captures a bird's eye view of the west coast of Kyñshñ Island in southern Japan. V-shaped inlets lead to coastal plains from which mountains rise dramatically. In Hiroshige's composition, the boldly striped sail of a ship in the foreground gives a sense of distance to the shore.
Details
- Title
- Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa
- Artist Life
- 1797 - 1858
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.75.51.315
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Ukiyo-e shūka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 249, ōban #64.55
- Curator Approved
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