Akasaka: Nawatemichi nite Yajirō Kitaya(?) wo kitsune to omoi te tefuchiyakusuru (Akasaka, Nawate Road)

Description

Colour woodblock print 37 entitled Akasaka: Nawatemichi nite Yajirō Kitaya(?) wo kitsune to omoi te tefuchiyakusuru (Akasaka, Nawate Road) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting people walking along the Nawate Road, including Yajirō and Kitaya(?) who appear to be having a disagreement: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.28

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Woodblock print

Production information

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Tsutaya, Publisher

Date

1855

Associations

Depicted: Yajirō
Depicted: Kitaya
Depicted: Tokaido (road), Honshu, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Akasaka, Toyokawa-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan, East Asia