Kuwana: Ferry Entrance at Shichiri (1833–1834)

Highlights

• Landing Entry to the Shichiri Ferry at Kuwana (Kuwana Shichiri Watashiguchi), Station 43, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (To by Utagawa Hiroshige — a faithful canvas reproduction of a classic Japanese woodblock print.
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• MUSEUM-QUALITY GICLEE: Fade-resistant archival inks on premium artist-grade canvas, hand-stretched and gallery-wrapped over a solid 1.5" wood frame, hardware attached and ready to hang.
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Description

A graceful woodblock print depicting a large sailing ferry boat with a billowing white sail navigating the choppy blue-green waters of the Shichiri crossing at Kuwana, Japan, with smaller sailboats visible on the horizon and a stone-walled promontory topped with pine trees and a white building rising on the right. The scene captures a tranquil yet dynamic maritime moment with a warm golden sky fading to pink above the water. Kuwana, located in present-day Mie Prefecture on Ise Bay, was Station 43 of the historic Tōkaidō Road — the famous coastal highway linking Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto — and the Shichiri ferry crossing here spanned roughly seven ri (approximately 27 km) of open sea.