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The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone

Utagawa Hiroshige

Artwork Details

The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone
circa 1841-1842
Utagawa Hiroshige
woodblock print on paper
8 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in (20.96 cm x 31.75 cm)
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi
2011/2.195

Description

Subject Matter:

Men traveling on mountain passes.

Physical Description:

A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).

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