Fukuroi: meibutsu Enshū tako (Fukuroi: Famous Things, Enshū Kites)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 28 entitled Fukuroi: meibutsu Enshū tako (Fukuroi: Famous Things, Enshū Kites) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting people working in rice fields, with passers by flying kites as they walk along a path: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.21

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: Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Enshū province, Japan, East Asia