Ishiyakusi - #45 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese landscape painting featuring a serene village scene, with houses nestled among trees at the base of a large, forested hill or mountain. In the foreground, fields are depicted with workers tending to agricultural tasks, and the scene is framed by tall trees and sparse foliage, under a overcast sky.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese landscape painting featuring a serene village scene, with houses nestled among trees at the base of a large, forested hill or mountain. In the foreground, fields are depicted with workers tending to agricultural tasks, and the scene is framed by tall trees and sparse foliage, under a overcast sky.

Name/Title

Ishiyakusi - #45 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.40

Description

A stone Buddha, supposedly carved by a famous priest, attracted many worshippers to the area depicted. The ordinary subject matter of this print portrays a typical Japanese countryside setting.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, Landscape, Plants and Nature, Architecture, People
Ethnic

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date made

circa 1920

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

14 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

16 in

Width

21 in

Exhibitions

Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1975
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Muskegon Hackley Museum of Art: 1976
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1980
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989