Kanagawa: utena no chaya kaijou miharashi (Kanagawa: Panoramic View from the Tower of the Teahouse by the Sea)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 4 entitled Kanagawa: utena no chaya kaijou miharashi (Kanagawa: Panoramic View from the Tower of the Teahouse by the Sea) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a man and two women on the verandah of a teahouse, looking out at ships on the sea and the landscape behind by the light of the full moon: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.4

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: Kanagawa-ken, Japan, East Asia