Kameyama (Print #47 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Print

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

This artwork displays a classic Japanese woodblock print featuring a serene winter landscape with snow-covered hills and distant mountains, tall trees with snow-laden branches, and a traditional building perched atop a steep incline, showcasing elegant calligraphy and signature stamps.

This artwork displays a classic Japanese woodblock print featuring a serene winter landscape with snow-covered hills and distant mountains, tall trees with snow-laden branches, and a traditional building perched atop a steep incline, showcasing elegant calligraphy and signature stamps.

Name/Title

Kameyama (Print #47 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.47

Description

Travelers ascending a steep hillside, under deep snow, to the entrance to the castle of Kameyama. This station developed around a castle town. The keep and gate of Kameyama Castle on a hill towers over the village. And a procession of a feudal lord is ascending the hill.

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