Title: The Whirlpools of Awa
Object type: Print
Date: 1857
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Utagawa Hiroshige 
Artist bio: Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1797–1858 Tokyo (Edo)
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (triptych): 14 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (36.8 × 74.9 cm)
Image (each): 14 1/2 in. × 10 in. (36.8 × 25.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Seas, term: Landscapes