Goshiki(Five-color) Beach, Awaji Province, 1855, 9th month, Utagawa Hiroshige; Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke, Japanese, 1797 - 1858, 13 7/16 × 8 15/16 in. ( × cm) (image, vertical ōban), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, Awaji is an island located in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea in the southwest Japan. The island's west coast is covered with pebbles in various colors, hence the nickname Goshikihama, or Multi-colored Beach. Fishermen in this print are shown trawling their nets from an offshore reef

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Size: 2760px × 4056px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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