Mariko - #21 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image is a traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a peaceful rural scene with a person walking along a path next to a thatched-roof house. The house is surrounded by bare trees, indicating a possible winter or early spring setting. In the background, rolling hills or mountains are visible.

The image is a traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a peaceful rural scene with a person walking along a path next to a thatched-roof house. The house is surrounded by bare trees, indicating a possible winter or early spring setting. In the background, rolling hills or mountains are visible.

Name/Title

Mariko - #21 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.17

Description

This area of the road was famous for a special kind of soup made from yams. Some travelers are enjoying the soup in one of the fifteen shops specializing in it. The season is early spring.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, People, Architecture, 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 1977
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Woodlawn CRC Ministry Center, June 1 - October 4, 2014