Sumiyoshi Bay at Naniwa
- Date:
- 1856
- Medium:
- Source:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Description
A fan-shaped print showing three women in patterned kimono riding in a long, narrow wooden boat moored beside a teahouse or building hung with two round paper lanterns; a stone lantern and wind-bent pines line the shore at left, with a bridge, thatched-roof huts, and a bay dotted with boats visible under a sky that shifts from deep indigo at top to a red horizon band at the waterline. The boat's reddish-brown hull cuts diagonally across the composition against dark blue water rendered in graphic wave patterns. Utagawa Hiroshige, "Sumiyoshi Bay at Naniwa," 1856, woodblock print.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sumiyoshi Bay at Naniwa was created by Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) in 1856.
Sumiyoshi Bay at Naniwa depicts landscapes.