The 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Two Brushes--No.32 Shirasuka

Print

Drexel Founding Collection

#2023, Photographed by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, 2023

Recto

Name/Title

The 53 Stations of the Tokaido by Two Brushes--No.32 Shirasuka

Entry/Object ID

2023

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

James W. Paul, Jr., Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 1969 Credit Line: Gift of James W. Paul, Jr. to the Drexel Library then transferred to The Drexel Collection Means of Accession: Transfer Source: James W. Paul, Jr. Donated to the Drexel Library 1906-1907

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)

Date made

1857

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

9-3/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

After the Japanese ports reopened to trade in 1853, After the Japanese ports reopened to trade in 1853, a great number of Japanese imports reached Europe. Woodcut prints by masters of the ukiyo-e school became sought after by collectors and artists in Paris where they influenced the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art movements.