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

Dimension Notes

H, W: 14 1/2x9 3/4 in; H, W: 36.83x24.89 cm

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

9-3/4 in

Height

36.83 cm

Width

24.89 cm

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.