Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Date: 1853
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Awa no naruto no fuha, “Rough Seas at the Whirlpools of Awa.” The best design from the Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces published by Koshimuraya Heisuke, 1853 – 6 ( this design Hare 9 [ 1855 ] ). The area of water between Awa Province on the Island of Shikoku and the smaller island of Awaji where the waters of the Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet was notorious for its whirlpools. ( See the triptych design of the same subject published two years later on this website. ) A famous design and justly popular. Good impression with woodgrain showing on rocks and sky. The earliest impression I have seen was the Walter Amstutz copy ( ex Popper ), lot 207, Sothebys, 1991. Examination of that example shows that the narrow area of sea immediately below the distant hills differs and was obviously recut on all but this earliest state. Likewise, later impressions appear to have a different block for the sky as they do not show the distinctive woodgrain. Slight fading and marks, otherwise good condition. Signed Hiroshige ga. Status: Sold
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc130473.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue), Edo period, 1855 (Ansei 2, 9th month) - Harvard Art Museum](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/harvard/thumbs/HUAM-CARP04798.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue), Edo period, 1855 (Ansei 2, 9th month) - Harvard Art Museum")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc135715.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc230784.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc130607.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/mfa/thumbs/sc120115.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Awa Province: Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fûha), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
