Hodogaya (Print #5 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

The image depicts a traditional Japanese village scene with people crossing an arched wooden bridge, surrounded by trees and houses with thatched roofs, set against a backdrop of rolling hills and a calm, blue river.

The image depicts a traditional Japanese village scene with people crossing an arched wooden bridge, surrounded by trees and houses with thatched roofs, set against a backdrop of rolling hills and a calm, blue river.

Name/Title

Hodogaya (Print #5 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.5

Description

A bridge over a stream, and across it two coolies are carrying a closed kago towards a village on the opposite bank; behind the village rises a low wooden hill. At this countryside station the travellers had covered a distance of 34 km from Edo and were well into the mood of travelling. By the bridge stands a restaurant which serves Soba (buckwheat noodle) and waitresses stand in front beckoning travellers to the restaurant.

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in