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Distant View of Mount Akiba from Kakegama (Kakegawa askibisan embo)
from Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusantsugi no uchi, the "Hoeido Tokaido")1833
19th century
Hiroshige I Utagawa
Edo (later Tokyo), Japan 1797–1858 Edo (later Tokyo), Japan
Classification:
Print
Medium/Technique:
Woodblock printed in color
Credit Line:
Bequest of the Reverend John J. Kelley
Accession Number:
1966.1.543
Not on display - Available to view by appointment
Commentary
Mount Akiba is visible in the background, on the east bank of the Tenryu River. In the foreground a couple bows in homage to a priest, who is accompanied by a young attendant. The boy behind the couple appears to have lost his kite, which floats away on the wind. Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (the “Hoeido Tokaido”), (Tokaido gojusantsugi no uchi), 1833
This series established Hiroshige’s fame as a designer of landscape prints. It consists of 55 prints, 53 of which depict the relay-stations of the Tokaido, the most important road in Japan during the Tokugawa era. The remaining two prints depict the highway’s beginning and end points – Edo (Tokyo), the new capital where the shogun (military ruler) had his castle, and Kyoto, the old capital, where the Emperor still lived. Hiroshige is believed to have journeyed along the Tokaido in 1832. His series of woodblock prints was issued as a set in 1834, although individual prints were probably published throughout the previous year. [Text prepared for exhibition - Famous Views (2005)]
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Complete
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Saint Joseph College Art Gallery , 4/10/1984 - 9/30/1984
- Faraway Places Saint Joseph College Art Gallery , 4/13/1993 - 10/31/1993
- Famous Views: Japanese Landscape Prints by Hiroshige Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph , 12/2/2005 - 1/29/2006
- Costume and Customs in 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph , 1/10/2014 - 3/16/2014
- Image Dimensions: 23.1 x 35.6 cm (9 1/8 x 14 in.)
- Paper Dimensions: 25.2 x 37.5 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Mount Dimensions: 30.1 x 42.6 cm (11 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
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