Fukagawa Susaki and Jūmantsubo, 1857, intercalary 5th month, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Sakanaya Eikichi, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 13 3/16 × 8 11/16 in. ( × cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Jñmantsubo (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

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