Seki - #48 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a traditional Japanese street scene, featuring several people dressed in historical attire, engaging in daily activities by a building adorned with intricate circular patterns on its fabric curtains, amidst a backdrop of trees and a pale sky.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese street scene, featuring several people dressed in historical attire, engaging in daily activities by a building adorned with intricate circular patterns on its fabric curtains, amidst a backdrop of trees and a pale sky.

Name/Title

Seki - #48 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.43

Description

Seki, meaning barrier, was the location of a government barrier. This print is entitled ”Early Departure from the Main Fortress.” The Main Fortress was an inn where diamyos frequently stopped.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, Landscape, People, Architecture
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 1980
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1998