Yuigahama (fifth lunar month of 1863) is a seascape depicting the famous beach at Kamakura—a site rich with historical resonance as the former seat of Japan's first shogunate government and the location of the great bronze Buddha. The beach, where the Sagami Bay meets the Miura Peninsula, was celebrated in Edo-period travel and poetry for its wide, curved shoreline and its association with samurai culture going back to the twelfth century. Yoshitoshi renders the coastal scene with the fluid water drawing technique he inherited from the Kuniyoshi workshop.



1888
Color woodblock print; oban

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Color woodblock print

Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print

1934
Color woodblock print; oban

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Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Yuigahama was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1863, 5th lunar month.
Yuigahama depicts landscapes and seascapes.
Yuigahama measures 33.8 × 22.7 cm (Oban format).