Title : Jumantsubo at Susaki, Fukagawa

Artist : Utagawa Hiroshige

Date : May 1857

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Source : Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Description : J�mantsubo (100,00 tsubo or about 8 acres) was a large tract of land along the coast of Susaki, on the outskirts of Edo. In illustrating this rather desolate area from a "bird's-eye" view, Hiroshige cleverly depicted an actual bird-an eagle. The print with the darker background (right) is from a later edition, although the deterioration of the woodblocks-discernable through slight discrepancies in registration-is hardly noticeable.

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