• Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
Low Tide at Susaki (<i>Susaki no shiohi</i> - 洲崎之汐干) from the series <i>Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital </i>(<i>Fūryū Tōto hakkei</i> - 風流東都八景)
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Kikugawa Eizan (菊川英山) (artist 1787 – 1867)

Low Tide at Susaki (Susaki no shiohi - 洲崎之汐干) from the series Fashionable Eight Views of the Eastern Capital (Fūryū Tōto hakkei - 風流東都八景)

Print

ca 1824 – 1829
Signed: Eizan hitsu (英山筆)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shōbei
(Marks 585 - seal 01-070)
Seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - they give the publisher as Yamadaya Shōjirō, but see the note below in the 'Physical description' section for greater clarity
Ritsumeikan University In Puppets of Nostalgia by Jane Marie Law gives a generic description of the use of the term 'Susaki' in Japan on page 232:

"Susaki Island in Fukura Bay, which measures only a few hundred meters in length, forms a natural barrier between the quiet waters of Fukura harbor and the Pacific Ocean, and is now owned by the Fukura fishing collective. The place-name Susaki often used along the coasts is of Japan, as the term refers to small islands or stretches of land created by alluvial action or slow movements of tides in and out of bays."

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There are quite a few prints of Susaki by Hiroshige. One is entitled 'Low Tide at Susaki'. This spot was near Edo. One of them 'Autumn Moon at Susaki' is very close to the visually to the inset in this Eizan print.

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"As early as 1789, the publisher Yamadaya Shōbei issued woodblock prints..." Then "In late 1851, a change in leadership of the business caused a name change and Yamadaya Shōbei became Yamadaya Shōjirō, continuing however to use the same publisher seals." This firm did so well that by the 4th month of 1852 it was able to take over the publishing house of Tsutaya Juzaburō." Source and quotes from: Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900, by Andreas Marks, p. 300. Note that this Eizan print is dated to ca. 1824 to 1829, long before the name Yamadaya Shōjirō was used.

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Yamadaya Shōbei also published a very similar earlier series of eight prints, 'Furyu Omi hakkei (Elegant eight views of Omi [Lake Biwa] 風流八景)' from ca.1814-17. Both series present a mother and child in the lower two-thirds with an inset above of a famous scene.
Yamadaya Shōbei (山田屋庄兵衛) (publisher)
landscape prints (fūkeiga 風景画) (genre)
boshi-e (母子絵) (genre)