Girls on the Shore, Fukuura- Fukuura Hama no Musume
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Young women from the fishing community of Fukuura on the Noto Peninsula shore stand on a rocky beach, the grey-green Japan Sea stretching behind them. The title "Fukuura Hama no Musume" — daughters of Fukuura shore — situates the figures as representatives of a particular coastal way of life. Kasamatsu engages with the shin-hanga tradition of bijin subjects here, but grounds the women firmly in a specific geographic and occupational context rather than idealizing them as generic beauties.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Girls on the Shore, Fukuura- Fukuura Hama no Musume was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Girls on the Shore, Fukuura- Fukuura Hama no Musume was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Girls on the Shore, Fukuura- Fukuura Hama no Musume depicts landscapes, figures, and seascapes.