Yui: Satsuta-mine oyashirazu (Yui: Satsuta ridge wisdom tooth)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 17 entitled Yui: Satsuta-mine oyashirazu (Yui: Satsuta ridge wisdom tooth) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting travellers walking up the mountain ridge, with rocky, tree-dotted cliffs and choppy water below and Mount Fuji in the background: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.14

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: Yui, Shinizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Fuji-san, Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Satta Kokuji, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia