Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing/ 桑名七里渡口 (Kuwana, Shichiri watashiguchi)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Two sailing boats with half furled sails enter the inlet in the foreground; just behind them is Kuwana Castle perched above the water. Out to the left side is the open ocean where more ships sail with their sail at full mast.

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Title: Kuwana: Shichiri Crossing/ 桑名七里渡口 (Kuwana, Shichiri watashiguchi)
Creator(s): Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued: ca. 1833-34
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Sailing ships -- 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_T65_0055
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100725
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: The Sequel to the Scenes of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/東海道五十三驛風景續畫 (Tokaido gojusantsugi Fukei Tsuzukie)
Series Description: Originally published by Hoeido (Takenouchi Magohachi) and Senkakudo (Tsuruya Kiemon) ca 1833-34. This series is in a horizontal oban (large size) format and is commonly called the Great Tokaido. It depicts the 53 station of the Tokaido road, a route that ran from Edo to Kyoto. This series was printed in two versions, the first jointly by both publishers and the second by only Senkakudo. The Spinks collection version is a mix of prints from both versions.

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