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六十余州名所図会薩摩坊ノ浦雙剣石|Upright Landscape was painted by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1829.

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六十余州名所図会薩摩坊ノ浦雙剣石|Upright Landscape is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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六十余州名所図会薩摩坊ノ浦雙剣石|Upright Landscape is associated with Romanticism.

Artwork

六十余州名所図会薩摩坊ノ浦雙剣石|Upright Landscape

Utagawa Hiroshige , 1829

六十余州名所図会薩摩坊ノ浦雙剣石|Upright Landscape is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Utagawa Hiroshige. It dates from 1829 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

About this work

Overview

Created in 1829 by the Edo‑period ukiyo‑e master Utagawa Hiroshige, this vertical woodblock print portrays a coastal scene at Bō‑no‑ura in the former Satsuma Province. The image belongs to Hiroshige’s extensive series documenting notable locations across Japan’s provincial routes, known as the Sixty‑Nine Stations along the Roads of the Provinces.

Subject & Meaning

The composition centers on two sharply pointed rock formations that thrust upward from the sea, evoking the silhouette of twin swords. A modest boat carrying three figures drifts close to the rocks, while a second vessel sails farther out, suggesting both the tranquility and the subtle activity of a fishing community along the shoreline.

Technique & Style

Executed with ink and color on paper, the print employs a restrained palette of pink and blue hues for the sky, contrasted with darker tones for the water and rocks. Hiroshige’s use of bold outlines and simplified forms conveys a sense of calm drama, while the vertical format emphasizes the height of the stone pillars against the horizon.

History & Provenance

The work was produced as part of a government‑commissioned series intended to illustrate notable provincial sites for travelers and collectors. Printed in the early nineteenth century, it circulated among the growing urban audience for travel imagery, and later entered museum collections as a representative example of Hiroshige’s landscape oeuvre.

Artist & collection

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重) or Andō Hiroshige (安藤広重), born Andō Tokutarō (安藤徳太郎; 1797 – 12 October 1858), was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.