View of the Ocean from the Benzaiten Shrine at Susaki in the Fukugawa District of the Eastern Capital

Catalogued under Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918) in the [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e).org archive, "View of the Ocean from the Benzaiten Shrine at Susaki in the Fukugawa District of the Eastern Capital" revisits a meisho long beloved by Edo printmakers. Susaki, in what is now eastern Tokyo, sat on reclaimed land at the mouth of the Sumida and was famous for its Benten shrine perched at the water's edge, its broad tidal flats, and the gulls that wheeled above the bay. Hiroshige and his contemporaries returned to this site repeatedly, and Meiji-era artists continued to find it a fitting subject for combining urban topography, religious history, and seaside atmosphere. Seitei, raised in the Maruyama-Shijo lineage and recognized as one of the leading Meiji [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e) designers, was a quietly modernizing force in Nihonga who brought refined ink work and soft color harmonies to a generation of bird-and-flower prints. Where his name attaches to landscape views like this one within the ukiyo-e.org archive, it reflects both his own direct involvement and the influence he exerted over pupils such as Takahashi Shotei. The use of "Eastern Capital" as a translation of Tobu or Tokyo signals the print's commemorative, slightly nostalgic register. The image is preserved through ukiyo-e.org's federated catalogue of Japanese prints.