Catalog record · 目録番号 27431
Rough Seas at the Whirlpools of Awa
Catalog note / 解説
Awa no naruto no fuha, “ Rough Seas at the Whirlpools of Awa.” The best design from the Famous Places in the Sixty-Odd Provinces published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, 1853 – 6 ( this design Hare 9 [ 1855 ] ). The area of water between Awa Province on the Island of Shikoku and the smaller island of Awaji where the waters of the Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet was notorious for its whirlpools. ( See the triptych design of same subject published two years later on this website. ) A famous design and justly popular. An unidentified collector’s seal bottom left corner ( F.E. or T.E. ? ). Extremely good, early impression with good woodgrain showing on rocks and sky. The earliest impression I ha…
Image record / 画像情報
KRUML · 1853 · kruml
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