Shirasuka: Shiomisaka fūkei (Shirasuka: Shiomisaka Scenery)

Description

Colour woodblock print number 33 entitled Shirasuka: Shiomisaka fūkei (Shirasuka: Shiomisaka Scenery) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting travellers following the curving path along the slope overlooking the open water: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.26

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: Shirasuka, Kosai-shi, Shizuoka-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Shiomizaka, Minato-ku, Tōkyō-to, Japan, East Asia