Kazusa Province, Yasashi Bay, Common name- Kujukuri (5765345963)

Accession number: 1957. 279 display artist: utagawa hiroshige display title: "kazusa province, yasashi bay, common name: kujukuri" translation(s): "(kazusa, yasashika ura, torina kujukuri) yasashigaura tsumei kujukuri" series title: famous views of the sixty-odd provinces suite name: rokujuyoshu meisho zue creation date: 1853 medium: woodblock height: 13 7/16 in. Width: 8 15/16 in. Display dimensions: 13 7/16 in. X 8 15/16 in. (34. 13 cm x 22. 7 cm) publisher: koshimuraya heisuke credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett label copy: "one of series: rokuju ye shin. Meisho dzu. ""views of 60 or more provinces"". Published by koshei kei in 1853-1856. Included in this collection are 3 duplicates. Sardines are the special commodity of this stretch of japans western coast. Here fishermen haul in nets while people wait with baskets on the beach to transport the sardines to market. " collection: the san diego museum of art.