Wakanoura Bay

Wakanoura, along with Sumiyoshi, has been famous as an utamakura, a place name that often appears as the subject in poems. Princess Sotoori-hime of the Tamatsushima Shrine in Wakanoura, who is revered as a goddess of poetry, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, and the deity of Sumiyoshi, are called together as the three deities of poetry.
According to the labels attached near the main scenic items, in the center is Waka-tenjin shrine, far left the Toshogu shrine, top-left the Kimiidera Temple, bottom the Tamatsu Island; in the left of the Toshogu, the Nunobiki pine is depicted on the projecting sandobar. Though they are not positioned very correctly, scenic items in Wakanoura, including the village on the far right, are collected together in a single screen. The seal on the bottom left says it’s of Mitsunari Tosa but probably fake because it’s on an old flaw.