Hamamatsu (Print #30 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 scene with several people in colorful clothing gathered under a large tree. One person appears to be cooking over a small fire while others sit and engage in conversation. In the background, there are trees and rooftops of traditional buildings, creating a serene and picturesque landscape.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese scene with several people in colorful clothing gathered under a large tree. One person appears to be cooking over a small fire while others sit and engage in conversation. In the background, there are trees and rooftops of traditional buildings, creating a serene and picturesque landscape.

Name/Title

Hamamatsu (Print #30 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.30

Description

A party of coolies warming themselves by a bonfire beside a large tree, a traveller, with a pipe in hand, looking on, and a peasant woman carrying a child on her back, approaching from the right. Bare, flat rice-fields, across which stand the castle and village in the background. This plate depicts a wintry rural scene on the outskirts of Hamamatsu Station. The village and Hamamatsu Castle are visible in the distance. Hiroshige always depicted travellers and local people appropriate to the landscape and setting.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

Vault, Japanese, People, Landscape, Architecture
Ethnic

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in