Boshu Hota no kaigan (Hota Beach, Awa Province)

Description

Colour woodblock print entitled Boshu Hota no kaigan (Hota Beach, Awa Province) from the series Fuji sanjūrokkei (36 Views of Mount Fuji), depicting waves cresting on the shore, figures walking along the coast, with boats and Mount Fuji with bands of mist in the background: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858

Museum reference

A.1887.745.40.37

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya Kichizō, 1820 - 1890 (fl.), Publisher

Date

1858

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Fuji-san, Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Awa province, Japan, East Asia