Tango: Ama-No-Hashidate

Printerprinted by Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Date1853, 12th month in the year of the Ox

Mediumwoodblock print

Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

Terms

Object number1901.59.1432

DescriptionProvince of Tango: the narrow, sandy spit called Ama-no-Hashidate (The Bridge of Heaven), which nearly closes off a lateral arm of Wakasa Bay of the Japan Sea. It has been famous throughout Japan from time immemorial, as one of the San-kei, i.e. The Three Great Sights of the Empire.--Gookin
Ama-no-hashidate, "the Bridge of Heaven," has been famous throughout Japanese history and literature as one of the great sights of Japan. This narrow sandy spit covered with pines nearly closes off Wakasa Bay from the Sea of Japan. A Shinto Shrine identified by its torii gate is on the land bridge at the right.--Swinton

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