Mitsuke: Ferry in the Tenryu River/ 見附天龍川船渡し (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funewatashi)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. A small teahouse slightly obscured by pine trees is visited by various travelers. Just beyond it are the flat barren banks of the river dotted with people and boats. In the distance are green-gray mountains and forests at their base.

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Title: Mitsuke: Ferry in the Tenryu River/ 見附天龍川船渡し (Mitsuke, Tenryugawa funewatashi)
Creator(s): Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued: 1855
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Rivers -- Japan -- Art ; Landscapes -- Japan -- Art ; Wood-engraving, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868 ; Art, Japanese -- Edo period, 1600-1868
Continent: Asia
Country: Japan
Region: Tōkaidō
City: Tōkaidō
Local Identifier: NE1325.A5_T64_0029
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100642
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: Famous Sites of the Fifty-Three Stations/五十三次名所図会 (Gojusantsugi Meisho Zue)
Series Description: Originally published by Koeido (Tsutaya Kichizo) in 1855. This series is in the vertical oban (large size) format. This series is commonly refered to as the Tate-e Tokaido (Vertical Tokaido). The series depicts the 53 stations of the Tokaido road, a route that ran Edo to Kyoto.

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