Yoshiwars - #15 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a serene landscape with travelers walking and riding horses along a path surrounded by tall, slender trees, against the backdrop of a peaceful countryside with mountains visible in the distance.

The image depicts a serene landscape with travelers walking and riding horses along a path surrounded by tall, slender trees, against the backdrop of a peaceful countryside with mountains visible in the distance.

Name/Title

Yoshiwars - #15 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.13

Description

This section of the Tokaido was famous as the only place along the highway where travelers from Edo to Kyoto found Mt. Fuji on their left. Like much of the road it is shown here lined with trees.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date made

circa 1860

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
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1998