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Sumiyoshi in Settsu Province

Size: 30.0cm by 19.5cm (11.81 in by 7.68 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Ando Hiroshige

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 82.00£ 66.25€ 75.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print is from the series, "The Nippon Mokuhan Gasui" (Masterpieces of old Japanese colour prints), a collection of reproductions of various themes and designs published around 1924.

This print depicts Idemi Beach in the Settsu Province which today comprises the southeastern part of Hyogo Prefecture and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture. It was part of the series “Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (of Japan)”.

In the foreground, we can perceive a stone lighthouse that rises beneath a group of small pine trees. It is part of the Sumiyoshi Shrine, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan dedicated to the gods of the sea. Behind the lighthouse, we can perceive a bridge and a bay with some houses. In the background, there is a calm sea with some boats floating on the water, and in the distance some mountains with a blue sky.

Hiroshige was famous for depicting skillful “bokashi” (shadings) that added a sense of depth and distance to the images, we can notice that in this print as well, he used this technique for the sea.

It comes with a description sheet in English and Japanese.

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