Shimada: Ōigawa […]gishi (Shimada: […] shore, Ōigawa River)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 24 entitled Shimada: Ōigawa […]gishi (Shimada: […] shore, Ōigawa River) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting men loading up parcels and palanquins on the shore, with people being carried across the Ōigawa River behind: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.18

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: Shimada-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Ōi-gawa, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia