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Photo: Susan Cole
Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha), from the series Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)
Photo: Susan Cole

Awa Province, Naruto Whirlpools (Awa, Naruto no fuha), from the series Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu meisho zue)

Date1855
Label TextThe Naruto Strait separates Awaji Island from Shikoku. Its famous whirlpools spiral in eddies, sending water crashing against vertical rocks. At the center of the eddy, the water turns a menacing black. The design and drama here recall Hokusai's Great Wave, which Hiroshige quotes directly in the towering wave at left, its foamy fingers reaching out like claws.
Object number2017.23.20
Provenance[Peter Gilder, Arts and Designs of Japan, San Francisco, California]; private collection; [Christie's, New York, An Important Collection of Japanese Prints, Mar. 25, 2003, sale no. 1298, lot no. 221, reproduced p. 119]; purchased at auction by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2003; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 56, reproduced p. 79. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water, Mar. 18 - May 30, 2022.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsFramed: 14 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.9 x 23.5 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Susan Cole
Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Ume yashiki), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1857
Object number: 2017.23.22
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Drum Bridge and Setting Sun Hill, Meguro (Meguro, Taikobashi, Yuhi ga oka), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1857
Object number: 2017.23.25
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1858
Object number: 2017.23.3
Photo: Susan Cole
Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1856
Object number: 2017.23.24
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Fujikawa (Fujikawa), from the series Pictures of Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan-tsugi meisho zue)
1855
Object number: 2017.23.21
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Hands inside the Sleeves (Futokorode), from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places (Meisho koshikake hakkei)
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.6
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Moon Cape, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
1857
Object number: 2017.23.23
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
In the Well of the Wave off Kanagawa, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
1830-32
Object number: 2009.71
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Yoshida on the Tōkaidō, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.1