Fuchū (Fuchū)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 20 entitled Fuchū: […] Miroku […] machi (Fuchū: […] Miroku […]) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a woman holding a lantern bidding farewell to a friend on horseback outside the gates, with buildings and people milling around inside, with a band of purple cloud, hills and a crescent moon above: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.17

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: Fuchū, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia