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A Group of Vignettes: the Nankaido Section
A Group of Vignettes: the Nankaido Section
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

A Group of Vignettes: the Nankaido Section

Artist (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date8th month rat year, 1852
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions35.6 x 24.2 cm (14 x 9 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1838
DescriptionUpper-right vignette: Kii Province: Kato Saemon Shigeuji Living in the Monastery on Mt. Koyo; lower-right vignette: Sanuki Province: A Sailboat; Upper-left vignette: Awaji Province: A Moonlight Scene on the Coast; Center-right vignette: Awa Province: The Naruto Whirlpool; Center-left vignette: Iyo Province: Catching Birds; Lower-left vignette: Tosa Province: The Fish Called Katsuo

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A Group of Vignettes, the Tokaido Section
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
8th month rat year, 1852
A Group of Vignettes
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
8th month rat year, 1852
Vignette Illustration
Oliver Pelton
early 19th–mid 19th century
Awaji: Goshiki Beach
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Kazusa: Yasashi Bay called the Ninety-Nine Mile Beach
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Wakasa: Fishing Boat Trawling for Sole
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853, 8th month in the year of the Ox
Chinzei Hachiro Minamoto Tametomo
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
October 20, 1886
Tango: Ama-No-Hashidate
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Chikuzen: Hakozaki - The Road in the Sea
Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1855, 9th month in the year of the Hare