Yoshiwara: Fuji no Numa Ukishima-ga-hara (Yoshiwara: Numaukishima or Field of Fuji)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 15 entitled Yoshiwara: Fuji no Numa Ukishima-ga-hara (Yoshiwara: Numa Ukishima Field of Mount Fuji) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting several small fishing boats in the marsh, behind, a flock of birds fly in front of Mount Fuji, which rises out of a band of clouds: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.12

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Yoshiwara, Taitō-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Fuji-san, Honshu, Japan, East Asia