Chiryu - #40 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series
The image is a traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a serene pastoral scene with a group of horses grazing in a lush, green field, overseen by a few farmers wearing straw hats, against a backdrop of a tranquil sea and a vividly colored sky, highlighted by a lone, windswept tree.
Name/Title
Chiryu - #40 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" seriesEntry/Object ID
1975.2.35Description
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
WoodcutCategory
Vault, Japanese, Animals, People, Landscape, Plants and Nature
Ethnic
Made/Created
Artist
Utagawa HiroshigeDate made
circa 1920Dimensions
Dimension Description
image sizeHeight
8-3/4 inWidth
14 inDimension Description
frame sizeHeight
16 inWidth
21 inExhibitions
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1975
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Muskegon Hackley Museum of Art: 1976
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1980
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1989