View of the Whirlpools at Awa

Original Language Title安房鳴門之風景

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797 - 1858)

CultureJapanese

Date1857

MediumWoodblock prints; ink and color on paper

DimensionsA: 15 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (38.25 × 25.73 cm)
B: 15 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (38.25 × 25.73 cm)
C: 15 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (38.25 × 25.73 cm)
Mat: 21 1/2 × 39 3/8 inches (54.61 × 100.03 cm)

Credit LineGift of Abraham E. and Florence Margolin

Object numberF97-26 A-C

Signedleft panel, middle left side: Hiroshige Hitsu

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Collections

East Asian Art

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DescriptionA three-panel landscape depicts a panorama view of the straits at Naruto. In the foreground, the water is rapidly swirling around the two islands portrayed primarily on the right and the central panels. A distant mountainous coastline extending from the left panel to the right dominates the background. Several fishing boats sail along the coastline with two on the left and the rest receding into the distance on the far right.

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