Rough Sea at Naruto in Awa Province, no. 55 from the series Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
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Story
Churning ocean waves crash in white foam between steep rocky cliffs, while birds glide across a wide blue sky above the turbulence. The scene captures the famous strait at Naruto in Awa Province. This color woodcut was made in 1855 by Utagawa Hiroshige, part of his series of famous places across Japan's provinces. Hiroshige worked within the Utagawa school during the Kasei culture era in Japan.
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Cool-toned artwork suited to dens and media rooms, and to boardrooms, in a vertical format.
CreatorUtagawa Hiroshige
Year1855
MediumColor woodcut
Original dimensions13.5 × 9 in
SKUutagawa-hiroshige-2026-005_frgc_1421
Archive IDrs:100:59913
