Shinagawa: Goten'yama yori ekinaka wo miru (Shinagawa: Goten'yama seen from inside the Station)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 2 entitled Shinagawa: Goten'yama yori ekinaka wo miru (Shinagawa: Goten'yama seen from inside the Station) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting figures walking along a cliff overlooking a coastal town, with various types of boats at sea behind: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

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

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Shinagawa, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Gotenyama, Musashino-shi, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

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