Okabe

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This exquisite artwork depicts a serene landscape featuring a narrow path winding through green hills, flanked by tall trees and a vibrant red tree near the center. A gentle stream flows alongside, reflecting the calmness of the scene. A group of travelers, dressed in traditional attire, walk with baskets on their backs.

This exquisite artwork depicts a serene landscape featuring a narrow path winding through green hills, flanked by tall trees and a vibrant red tree near the center. A gentle stream flows alongside, reflecting the calmness of the scene. A group of travelers, dressed in traditional attire, walk with baskets on their backs.

Name/Title

Okabe

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.18

Description

The print depicts a narrow and treacherous pass emphasizing the darkness and loneliness of the surroundings. The pass is the scene of a Kabuki crime melodrama in which a blind man is robbed and murdered.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, Architecture, People, Landscape, Plants and Nature
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 1998
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Dordt College Gallery 6/28/04-10/16/04
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Woodlawn CRC Ministry Center, June 1 - October 4, 2014