Hodogaya - #5 of the ”Fifty three Stages of the Tokaido Road” series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

In this ukiyo-e print, villagers with traditional attire cross an arched wooden bridge over a serene river, with thatched-roof houses nestled among tall trees, against a backdrop of rolling hills and a clear sky, capturing the idyllic beauty of an Edo-period rural scene.

In this ukiyo-e print, villagers with traditional attire cross an arched wooden bridge over a serene river, with thatched-roof houses nestled among tall trees, against a backdrop of rolling hills and a clear sky, capturing the idyllic beauty of an Edo-period rural scene.

Name/Title

Hodogaya - #5 of the ”Fifty three Stages of the Tokaido Road” series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.1.3

Description

This print depicts the Shimmachi bridge at the entrance of what is now the city of Yokohama. Two men on the bridge are carrying a passenger in a palanquin. In front of them is a member of the Buddhist sect with a basket covering his head.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date made

circa 1890

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 1998
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1980
Permanent Collection - Center Art Gallery: summer 1989
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Woodlawn CRC Ministry Center, June 1 - October 4, 2014