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Generations of artists have depicted the natural beauty of the Bay of Matsushima, with its hundreds of picturesque islands covered with pine trees. This selection of woodblock prints shows how various artists in the early twentieth century interpreted the quiet splendor of Matsushima.

Clouds part in the night sky to reveal a full moon whose light is reflected on the water below. Two figures sit in a boat amidst two small rocky, tree-covered islands.

Rain falls from a gray sky on Matsushima. A figure with an umbrella walks in front of a row of boats docked in the water.

A sailboat navigates the blue waters around Futago Island. The sky is dapped with white clouds.

The sun sets, not visible behind Zaimoku Island, casting everything in shades of pink and purple. Two figures sit in a sailboat, watching the sunset.

A view of Matsushima with the full moon high in the nigth sky, framed by pine branches in the foreground.

Dots of snow fall in front of turquoise water. The snow has gathered on treetops, and on the roof of Godaidō Temple.

A number of sailboats with their sails up abreast the water. Clouds billow from the left as the tide rolls in at the beach to the right.

The sky is blue and pink as it drizzles over two islands at Matsushima, a sailboat in the water in front of them. The composition is framed by a lush pine tree in the foreground.

A sailboat amidst choppy waves, its sail looming as tall as the pine trees on the island cliff to the right of it. Flying birds are silhouetted in the sky.

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