Matsushima — the bay of pine-studded islands in Miyagi Prefecture, ranked among Japan's three most celebrated scenic landscapes — appears in this undated print from what is likely a landscape series. The composition shows the characteristic layering of forested islets across the bay, their silhouettes dissolving into atmospheric haze in the distance. Matsushima's reputation as a destination for poets and painters stretching back centuries made it a natural subject for Kiyochika's meisho landscape series.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Matsushima, from was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Matsushima, from depicts landscapes, seascapes, and trees, set at Matsushima.
