![Funabashi [in Chiba, Shimosa District, from the series Japan Scenery Prints (Nihon fûkei hanga)?], Taishô period, circa 1917 by Ishii Hakutei — Japanese Woodblock print](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/harvard/thumbs/HUAM-VRS17402.jpg)
Funabashi [in Chiba, Shimosa District, from the series Japan Scenery Prints (Nihon fûkei hanga)?], Taishô period, circa 1917
- Series:
- Japan Scenery Prints
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
Funabashi, a coastal town on Tokyo Bay in the Shimosa district of Chiba prefecture, appears here as part of Hakutei's series Nihon fûkei hanga (Japan Scenery Prints), produced around 1917 during his systematic effort to document Japanese regional landscapes through the woodblock medium. Funabashi had a long association with fishing and maritime commerce, and the print likely depicts the bay shoreline with boats, nets, or the low wooden structures of a working harbor town. Hakutei's approach to landscape in this series drew on both Western compositional conventions — including aerial perspective and a horizon-anchored viewpoint — and the native [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) tradition of rendering specific, recognizable places. Printed on [washi](/glossary/washi) in [oban](/glossary/oban) format, the Nihon fûkei hanga prints were conceived as a [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) project, with Hakutei directing the full process. The Shimosa coastal setting would have provided opportunity for graduated sky and water passages rendered through careful [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi), contrasting with the linear definition of boat hulls and shoreline architecture.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Funabashi [in Chiba, Shimosa District, from the series Japan Scenery Prints (Nihon fûkei hanga)?], Taishô period, circa 1917 was created by Ishii Hakutei (石井柏亭).
Yes — Funabashi [in Chiba, Shimosa District, from the series Japan Scenery Prints (Nihon fûkei hanga)?], Taishô period, circa 1917 is part of the Japan Scenery Prints series by Ishii Hakutei.
Funabashi [in Chiba, Shimosa District, from the series Japan Scenery Prints (Nihon fûkei hanga)?], Taishô period, circa 1917 depicts urban scenes.
