Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige
Title: Yasashi-ga-ura Nicknamed Kujuku(99)-ri hama, Kazusa Province
Date: August 1853
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Located on the east coast of the B�s� Peninsula in Kazusa Province, or today's Chiba Prefecture, Yasashi-ga-ura Beach is better known as Kuj�kurihama, "Ninety-nine League Long Beach." As the nickname suggests, the beach is very long and even now a popular swimming and surfing destination for residents of Tokyo. In Hiroshige's time, it was famous for sardines, long an important part of the Japanese diet. Hiroshige depicted the locals drawing a long-haul seine, the traditional method of sardine fishing in the area. By using a bird-eye view, Hiroshige ably depicts the long stretch of gently curving sandy beach.
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common Name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), 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/sc208605.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common Name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), 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/sc135697.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), 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/sc135698.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
![Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), 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/sc230749.jpg "Utagawa Hiroshige: Kazusa Province: Yasashi Bay, Common name: Kujûkuri (Kazusa, Yasashika ura, tôrina Kujûkuri), from the series Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan] ([Dai Nihon] Rokujûyoshû meisho zue) - Museum of Fine Arts")
