Hamamatsu: meisho zazan za no matsu (Hanamatsu: Famous Place, xx of the Pines)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 30 entitled Hamamatsu: meisho zazan za no matsu (Hanamatsu: Famous Place, xx of the Pines) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a courtier and attendants on the shore amidst pine trees, with further pine trees, boats, and a flock of birds in the distance: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.23

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: Hamamatsu, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia