Kazusa: Yasashi Bay called the Ninety-Nine Mile Beach
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Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川 広重
(Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853, 8th 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
Object number1901.59.1411
DescriptionProvince of Kazusa: Yasashi-ga-Ura, commonly called the Ninety-nine Ri Beach. the land-measure ri equals 2.44 English statute miles.=GookinFishermen are pulling in a long net on the famous Kujukuri (ninety-nine ri) Beach. Other people carry fishing baskets along the shore. A rowboat is coming in over the breaking waves and sailboats in the distance are making their way home.
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