Kawasaki (Print #3 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This artwork depicts a serene riverside scene with a wooden boat carrying passengers, as people walk along the riverbank amidst lush greenery and traditional houses under a soft, fading sky.

This artwork depicts a serene riverside scene with a wooden boat carrying passengers, as people walk along the riverbank amidst lush greenery and traditional houses under a soft, fading sky.

Name/Title

Kawasaki (Print #3 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.3

Description

A ferry-boat crossing the river, and passengers waiting on the further bank in front of a cluster of houses; Fuji in the distance. Close to the further bank is a man on a raft. Travellers crossing the river here by ferryboat may have felt they were being carried towards a different world. However, those returning to Edo looked forward to reentering the familiar homeland. This desolate area along the seashore is now an important industrial district of Japan.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in