Yokkaichi: Nako no ura Miegawa (Yokkaichi: Nako Bay, Miegawa River)

Description

Colour woodblock print 44 entitled Yokkaichi: Nako no ura Miegawa (Yokkaichi: Nako Bay, Miegawa River) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a view out over Nako Bay, including a small bridge and a cluster of thached-roof buildings in the foreground, with sail boats and a flock of birds in the far distance: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.32

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

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

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Minamoto no Yoshitsune, 1159 - 1189
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Yokkaichi-shi, Mie-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Nago-wan, Mie-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Miya-gawa, Mie-ken, Japan, East Asia