Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue)
- Series:
- Famous Sights of Japan
- Date:
- 1897 (Meiji 30)
- Medium:
Oyashirazu Beach — the treacherous section of the Japan Sea coast in Niigata Prefecture where the mountains plunge directly into the sea, leaving no passage between cliff and water — is depicted in this 1897 [nishiki-e](/glossary/nishiki-e) from the Famous Sights of Japan series. The site's name, meaning "one who does not know their parents" (a traveller's elegy for those who died on the impassable cliff path), carried a poetic melancholy that Kiyochika's composition captures through the drama of vertical cliffs meeting churning waves.
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in 1897 (Meiji 30).
Yes — Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) is part of the Famous Sights of Japan series by Kobayashi Kiyochika.
Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) depicts seascapes and famous places (meisho-e).
Oyashirazu Beach (Oyashirazuhama), from the series Famous Sights of Japan (Nihon meishō zue) measures 36.7 × 46.1 cm (Oban format).
