Mizuguchi - #51 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This image depicts a traditional Japanese countryside scene, showcasing people engaged in daily activities near a riverbank. A few figures cross a wooden bridge, while others work nearby. Rustic houses with straw roofs are visible in the background, surrounded by lush vegetation and distant mountains. The serene composition emphasizes harmony between humans and nature.

This image depicts a traditional Japanese countryside scene, showcasing people engaged in daily activities near a riverbank. A few figures cross a wooden bridge, while others work nearby. Rustic houses with straw roofs are visible in the background, surrounded by lush vegetation and distant mountains. The serene composition emphasizes harmony between humans and nature.

Name/Title

Mizuguchi - #51 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.46

Description

At this point the Tokaido left the mountains and entered the Kansai Plain. The women in this print are drying strips of a gourd used in a variety of Japanese cooking.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, Landscape, Architecture, People, 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 1989