Utagawa Hiroshige
Japanese, 1797 - 1858Amanohashidate Peninsula in Tango Province (from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces), 1853
Not on view
Woodblock on paper
Dimensions13 1/2 × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 1942.22
Hiroshige’s series capturing the sites of the provinces features famous views and natural wonders, including this one from Tango Province. Covered in pine trees and extending as a long, narrow portion of land out into the Bay of Miyazu, the peninsula demonstrates the welcome isolation created by such a peculiar coastline. Although a sandbar, rather than a bridge, the peninsula functions visually and narratively like a passageway between quiet coastal towns.
