Ōiso: Shigitachizawa Saigyō iori (Ōiso: Shigitachizawa Saigyō Retreat)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 9 entitled Ōiso: Shigitachizawa Saigyō iori (Ōiso: Shigitachizawa Saigyō Retreat) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting two figures on the coast by a thatched hut beneath a tree-lined cliff, with boats at sea in the distance: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.7

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

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

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Saigyō
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Ōiso-machi, Naka-gun, Kanagawa-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Shigitachizawa, Ōiso-machi, Naka-gun, Kanagawa-ken, Japan, East Asia