Chikuzen: Hakozaki - The Road in the Sea
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1855, 9th month in the year of the Hare
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1453
DescriptionProvince of Chikuzen: the "road in the sea" at Hakozaki. --GookinIn this bird's eye view we see "the road in the sea"- a narrow pine-covered peninsula jutting into the Genkai Sea at Hakata Bay in northern Kyushu. The torii gate on the right foregound marks an entrance to a Shinto shrine. The village of Hakozaki lies at the far end of the "sea-road." --Swinton
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
1853, 8th month in the year of the Ox
