Catalog record · 目録番号 22680
Returning Sails at Tsukuda
Catalog note / 解説
The view in this <i>uchiwa-e</i> (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is taken from the island of Tsukudajima, a small area of land reclaimed from Edo Bay in 1645-1646 as the port for a group of fishermen in the employ of the Tokugawa shogunate (the ruling military family). Women and children chat and fish against a backdrop of boats sailing in from the open sea. The south-west corner of the Honjo Fukagawa district of eastern Edo is visible behind the cargo ship to the left, while far away on the horizon one can glimpse the profile of the Boso Peninsula, part of modern Chiba Prefecture. The design is one of a complete set of eight prints owned by the V&A. The Hakkei ('Eight Views') formula…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1843-1847 · vam
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