Okabe (Print #22 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print, featuring a serene landscape with gently rolling hills, vibrant autumn trees, a winding river, and a pathway with travelers wearing traditional attire. In the background, quaint thatched-roof houses nestle against lush green hillsides, while tall, slender trees rise high on the mountainside.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print, featuring a serene landscape with gently rolling hills, vibrant autumn trees, a winding river, and a pathway with travelers wearing traditional attire. In the background, quaint thatched-roof houses nestle against lush green hillsides, while tall, slender trees rise high on the mountainside.

Name/Title

Okabe (Print #22 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.22

Description

A mountain torrent rushing between steep banks and walled in on one side by a stone embankment, along which people are passing. High peaks in the background. The road here was enclosed on both sides by steep hills covered with dense forest and thick climbing ivy vines. This was considered one of the most fearsome stretches of the highway.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in