Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: The Mount Inasa in Nagasaki, Hizen Province
Date: May 1856
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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The idea behind the series Famous Places of the Sixty-odd Provinces was to show one image for each of Japan's sixty-six provinces. Although some Japanese provinces are mountainous, the great majority are along the coasts where most people lived and worked. This print captures a bird's eye view of the west coast of Ky�sh� Island in southern Japan. V-shaped inlets lead to coastal plains from which mountains rise dramatically. In Hiroshige's composition, the boldly striped sail of a ship in the foreground gives a sense of distance to the shore.
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), 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/sc208488.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), 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/sc135710.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), 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/sc230792.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), 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/sc130592.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Hizen Province: Nagasaki, Mount Inasa (Hizen, Nagasaki, Inasayama), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
