Nihonbashi: shinonome no kei (Nihonbashi: Dawn View)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 1 entitled Nihonbashi: Shinonome no kei (Nihonbashi: View of Shinonome) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting people crossing the bridge and setting out in boats from the shore, with clouds in the foreground and Mount Fuji in the background: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.1

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Edo, Musashi province, Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Fuji-san, Honshu, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland