Congratulations on Maritime Security for All Eternity! (Kaijô anzen bandai kotobuki)
Description
A print with a title invoking the blessing of maritime safety for all eternity — "Kaijo anzen bandai kotobuki" — produced as an auspicious image for those whose livelihoods depended on the sea. Japan's coastal economy, fishing industries, and growing international maritime trade all generated demand for such protective imagery, and Kyosai's version would combine traditional iconography of sea deities or protective dragons with his own dynamic visual energy.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
2022
Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
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Old Picture of the Rashômon Gate (Rashômon no ko zu), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho tsuzuki
Woodblock print
More Boats & Ships Prints
Ship Alongside Dock, Shôwa period, dated 1954
Woodblock print
Sailing Boats: Night (Hansen, yoru), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"
Hansen, yoru
1926
Color woodblock print
Sailing Boats: Morning (Hansen, asa), from the series "Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu)"
Hansen, asa
1926
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Hamaotsu Yacht Harbor
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Frequently Asked Questions
Congratulations on Maritime Security for All Eternity! (Kaijô anzen bandai kotobuki) was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Congratulations on Maritime Security for All Eternity! (Kaijô anzen bandai kotobuki) depicts boats & ships, religious, and seascapes.