Tokuriki Tomikichiro – Ise Futami Bay

Original woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1941.

The print depicts the most famous Wedded Rocks in Futami Bay, part of Ise Bay, with the sun rising in the back. The two rocks rise from the ocean and are attached together by rope. This symbolizes the loyalty and connection between man and woman. The rocks play a role in the Shinto religion and the
bigger rock has a Torii on top of it.

The rocks had been depicted by woodblock artists before, for example by Utagawa Hiroshige, but Tokuriki Tomikichiro shows them in a print in typical Shin-hanga style.

Image size (excluding margins): 26.4 * 38.3 cm (10.4 * 15.1 in).

The print is in very good state. On the back in the two top corners there are remnants of a previous mounting.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

An overview of the woodblock prints by Tokuriki Tomikichiro can be found here.

See an overview of Tokuriki Tomikichiro's woodblock prints