Kanaya (Print #25 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print showing a scenic view with a large mountain in the background and a serene body of water in the foreground, where people gather on a sandy stretch near the water, engaged in various activities.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print showing a scenic view with a large mountain in the background and a serene body of water in the foreground, where people gather on a sandy stretch near the water, engaged in various activities.

Name/Title

Kanaya (Print #25 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.25

Description

Beyond the wide sandy flats of the river, across which a daimyo's cortège is being carried, rises a jumble of foot hills, in a crevice of which nestles a village. In the background a high range of curiously hump-shaped mountains, printed in graded black from colour-blocks only; golden sky at the top. A panoramic view of the landscape accentuates the expansive flat plain of the dry river bed. A variety of travellers attempt to wade across the river with the help of porters.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, People, Vehicle, Landscape
Ethnic

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in