Kanaya: sakamichi yori Ōigawa chōbō (Kanaya: Ōigawa River Vista from the Hill Road)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 25 entitled Kanaya: sakamichi yori Ōigawa chōbō (Kanaya: Ōigawa River Vista from the Hill Road) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting travellers, including one on horseback, ascending a hill, with a line of people crossing the Ōigawa River and a snow-covered mountain peak visible in the distance: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.19

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