Kusatsu: Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru (Kusatsu: Yabase from Kusatsu, Road of Bow and Bowstring)

Description

Colour woodblock print 53 entitled Kusatsu: Kusatsu kara Yabase michi no yumi to tsuru (Kusatsu: Yabase from Kusatsu, Road of Bow and Bowstring) from the series Gojūsan tsugi meisho zue (Famous Places Along the 53 Stations [of the Tōkaidō] Illustrated) depicting half a dozen small sailing boats in the foreground, with more dotted across the water, and a mountain range in the background: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1855

Museum reference

A.595.52.38

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: Kusatsu-shi, Shiga-ken, Japan, East Asia
Depicted: Yabase, Tottori-ken, Japan, East Asia