Utagawa Hiroshige
The Whirlpools of Awa
1857
- Medium
- Triptych of color woodblock prints
- Dimensions
- 38.4 × 25.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-201071
Late in his career, Hiroshige explored the poetic theme of setsugekka, “snow, moon, and flowers,” in a set of three triptychs. The swirling whirlpools at Awa would remind the viewer of flowers.
Provenance
Whittemore, 1930.183
Registry history
- 1857 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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