Edo prints


  Design: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)  
  Title: The whirlpools at Naruto in the province of Awa (right)  
  Size: 35.9 x 25.1 cm (ōban)  
  Posthumous printing from newly cut woodblocks    
  Photography: Theo Janssen
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Enlargement


Publisher’s seal in left margin:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
uchi inside  
ta rice field Publisher:
han edition Uchida

Black censor seal reading aratame (‘inspected’), and black seal with original publishing date (Ansei 四 - the fourth year of the Ansei Edo period - is 1857, since Ansei started in 1854) in top right of print area.

Print title in red cartouche in top right corner of print area:

Character Reading Meaning Translation
       
a corner  
ha wave  
na(ru) sound  
mon gate  
no ’s  
wind Awa Naruto’s
kei view whirlpools


References


Provenance: Uchida Art Co

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