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Yasashi-ga-ura Nicknamed Kujūku(99)-ri hama, Kazusa Province

Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Koshimuraya HeisukeLinkedCulture matchlcp-e346165207a9

Date: 1853, 8th month
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 64058

Located on the east coast of the Bøsø Peninsula in Kazusa Province, or today's Chiba Prefecture, Yasashi-ga-ura Beach is better known as Kujñkurihama, Ninety-nine League Long Beach. As the nickname suggests, the beach is very long and even now a popular swimming and surfing destination for residents of Tokyo. In Hiroshige's time, it was famous for sardines, long an important part of the Japanese diet. Hiroshige depicted the locals drawing a long-haul seine, the traditional method of sardine fishing in the area. By using a bird-eye view, Hiroshige ably depicts the long stretch of gently curving sandy beach. Asia

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Credit line: Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.

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