Evening at Shiogama (Shiogama no yūgure (塩竈の夕暮))

Evening at Shiogama (Shiogama no yūgure (塩竈の夕暮))

Shiogama (塩竈市) is a city on the ocean in Miyagi Prefecture Japan. In this print, we see a spring evening marked by cherry blossoms (sakura, 桜). A building is reflected in the water below and people are milling about in the road.

Unsodo (芸艸堂). Block Cutter: N/A

1954 (Showa 29)

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print (medium), woodblock (technique), paper (material), 15 x 10 inches (dimensions)

Japanese

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2019.0.17

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