A print from the "Scenes of Famous Places along the Tokaido" series depicting the optical phenomenon of the Kuwana mirage at sea — "shinkirô" being the Japanese term for fata morgana, the elaborate mirages that appear over calm water and transform familiar coastlines into impossible floating castles and inverted cityscapes. Kyosai's rendering captures both the specific geography of Kuwana Bay and the dreamlike strangeness of a phenomenon that seemed to dissolve the boundary between the natural and the supernatural.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirô), 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 no uchi was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).
Yes — Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirô), 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 no uchi is part of the Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road series by Kawanabe Kyosai.
Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirô), 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 no uchi depicts transportation, tōkaidō, and travel scenes.