Minneapolis Institute of Art

Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa

Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Koshimuraya HeisukeLinkedCulture matchlcp-e346165207a9

Date

1856, 5th month

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Object ID

61347

No. 63 (Saikaidō group) on the content page for the series. The idea behind the series Famous Places of the Sixty-odd Provinces was to show one image for each of Japan's sixty-six provinces. Although some Japanese provinces are mountainous, the great majority are along the coasts where most people lived and worked. This print captures a bird's eye view of the west coast of Kyñshñ Island in southern Japan. V-shaped inlets lead to coastal plains from which mountains rise dramatically. In Hiroshige's composition, the boldly striped sail of a ship in the foreground gives a sense of distance to the shore. Asia

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