Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing/ 桑名七里の渡舟 (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)

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Description: Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. The central subject of the image is the Shichiri ferry filled with various travelers. A fisherman in a smaller boat pulls up alongside the ferry on the left. Smoke rises from the heating stove on his boat. On the far shore to the right are the walls and gate towers of the nearby city.

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Title: Kuwana: Ferryboat at Shichiri Crossing/ 桑名七里の渡舟 (Kuwana, Shichiri no watashibune)
Creator(s): Utagawa Hiroshige/ 歌川広重 (Signature: Hiroshige ga/ 広重画)
Issued: ca. 1847-52
Genre: woodcuts (prints)
Topical Subject(s): Boats and boating -- Japan -- Art ; Coasts -- 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_T66_0044
URI / Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:100781
Related Work: Charles Nelson Spinks collection
Series: The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road/ 東海道五十三次 (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi)
Series Description: Originally published by Marusei/Jukakudo (maruya Seijiro) in ca. 1847-52. This series is Horizontal oban (large size) format and is commonly called Reisho Tokaido (or marusei Tokaido.) It depicts the 53 stations of the Tokaido, a route that runs from Edo to Kyoto.

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