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Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). <em>Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo</em>, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). <em>Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo</em>, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). <em>Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo</em>, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_bw_IMLS.jpg)

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Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo

Utagawa Toyohiro

Asian Art

The artist Utagawa Toyohiro took the Chinese motif of the returning sailboat and relocated it to the shores of a small island that was then situated at the mouth of the Sumida River, just outside of Edo (modern-day Tokyo). (The island has since been absorbed by landfill.) Delicate black lines and the use of gray and brown ink in this print—and in the adjacent print by Toyohiro’s student, Hiroshige—make direct reference to traditional East Asian ink landscape paintings.
PORTFOLIO/SERIES From the series: "Edo Hakkei", Eight Views of Edo.
ARTIST Utagawa Toyohiro, Japanese, 1773–1829
MEDIUM Color woodblock print on paper
  • Place Made: Japan
    • DATES 1790–1799
    PERIOD Edo Period
    DIMENSIONS 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS Publisher: Tsuruya Kinsuke (Sōkakudō)
    SIGNATURE Toyohiro ga (豊広画)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.526
    CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)
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    Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1829). <em>Returning Sails at Tsukudajima, from the series Eight Views of Edo</em>, 1790–1799. Color woodblock print on paper, 9 3/4 x 14 11/16 in. (24.7 x 37.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 16.526 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.526_IMLS_SL2.jpg)

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