Fujisawa - #7 of the Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road series.

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a traditional Japanese scene with a group of people crossing a wooden bridge, framed by a torii gate, in a village setting with thatched roofs, a winding river, and large trees enveloping a temple complex in the background, set against a calm, pale sky.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese scene with a group of people crossing a wooden bridge, framed by a torii gate, in a village setting with thatched roofs, a winding river, and large trees enveloping a temple complex in the background, set against a calm, pale sky.

Name/Title

Fujisawa - #7 of the "Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido Road" series.

Entry/Object ID

1975.2.1.5

Description

This place was famous for its Yugyo-ji temple, established in 1325. As one of the greatest centers of popular Buddhism along the Tokaido, Fujisawa was constantly thronged with pilgrims.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Date made

circa 1860

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 1977
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1980
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1989
Permanent Collection: Center Art Gallery - summer 1998
Loan - Japanese Prints @ Dordt College Gallery Sioux Center, IA: June 28 - October 16, 2004