Sagamigawa (Sagami River)

Description

Colour woodblock print entitled Sagamigawa (Sagami River) from the series Fuji sanjūrokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji), depicting smoke wafting from a raft being punted through bamboo, with several herons in flight: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Museum reference

A.1887.745.67.74

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya Kichizō, 1820 - 1890 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1858

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Fuji-san, Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Sagami-gawa, Honshu, Japan, East Asia