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[[Image:Matsushima-Screens.JPG|right|thumb|300px|A [[byobu|folding screen]] painting of Matsushima by [[Tawaraya Sotatsu|Tawaraya Sôtatsu]], today at the [[Freer Gallery of Art]]. [[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]] produced a similar work roughly 100 years later, based on this one. His is now held at the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
*''Japanese'': 松島 ''(Matsushima)''

Matsushima is a collection of more than 260 tiny pine-covered islands located off the coast of [[Miyagi prefecture]]. Along with [[Itsukushima Shrine]] and [[Amanohashidate]], it is considered one of the Three (Most) Beautiful Views in Japan.

Among the famous sights amongst the Matsushima islands is the temple of [[Zuiganji]], the Godaidô Hall of which was originally built in [[807]], and rebuilt in [[1604]].

Though the 2011 March 11th tsunami directly struck Matsushima, its force was broken up by the islands, protecting both the islands themselves and a section of nearby mainland coastline from more severe damage.

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==References==
*Gallery labels at Waves at Matsushima exhibition, Sackler Gallery of Art, May - July 2011.

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