Kanaya - #25 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This artwork depicts a serene landscape featuring a group of people walking along a sandy shore as they cross a shallow river. A majestic mountain rising in the background and a calm, expansive sea stretches into the horizon under a softly colored sky.

This artwork depicts a serene landscape featuring a group of people walking along a sandy shore as they cross a shallow river. A majestic mountain rising in the background and a calm, expansive sea stretches into the horizon under a softly colored sky.

Name/Title

Kanaya - #25 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.21

Description

This print is titled ”The Opposite side of the Oi River” and pictures a point two miles across from that in the previous print. The high gray mountains in the background are imaginary additions for the sake of composition.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, People, Landscape, Plants and Nature, Vehicle
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

Loan - Japanese Prints @ Muskegon Hackley Museum of Art: 1976
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1980
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Dordt College Gallery 6/28/04-10/16/04
Striking Impressions – Center Art Gallery January 7 - February 22, 2014
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Woodlawn CRC Ministry Center, June 1 - October 4, 2014