Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi zue ()

Description

Colour woodblock print, Chiryu (Ariwara no Narihira on an eight-plank bridge above an iris pond), Narumi (plovers skimming over the waves), Miya (Taira no Kagekiyo in disguise), Kuwana (clam shells and pine-needles), from the series Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi zue (53 Stations of the Tokaido Highway): Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

Museum reference

A.1887.745.32.12

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia

Yamaguchiya Tōbei, c. 1805 - 1895, Publisher

Date

1856

Materials

Paper

Associations

Depicted: Taira no Kagekiyo
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia