Chiryu (Print #40 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This image is a classic Japanese print depicting a peaceful pastoral scene with several horses grazing in a grassy field. In the foreground, horses of various colors are gathered, while in the background, a few people in traditional attire walk along a path near the shore.

This image is a classic Japanese print depicting a peaceful pastoral scene with several horses grazing in a grassy field. In the foreground, horses of various colors are gathered, while in the background, a few people in traditional attire walk along a path near the shore.

Name/Title

Chiryu (Print #40 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.40

Description

A number of horses tethered near a tree in the fields, where a fair is held in the summer. This area was noted for Japanese iris(kakitsubata). A famouse poet who once passed by this vicinity adorned with irises composed a poem expressing the loneliness of his long journey from Kyoto where his wife remained.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in