Okazaki: Yahagigawa Yahagi no bashi (Okazaki: Yahagi River, Yahagi Bridge)

Description

Colour woodblock print 39 entitled Okazaki: Yahagigawa Yahagi no bashi (Okazaki: Yahagi River, Yahagi Bridge) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting a man washing his horse underneath the Yahagi Bridge, with rafts sailing down the river and the castle visible on the other side: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.29

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: Okazaki-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Yahagi-gawa, Honshu, Japan, East Asia