Yoshiwara (Print #15 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

A beautifully detailed Japanese woodblock print depicts travelers on horseback journeying through a serene landscape of tall trees and distant mountains, with a soft, colorful sky enhancing the tranquil atmosphere.

A beautifully detailed Japanese woodblock print depicts travelers on horseback journeying through a serene landscape of tall trees and distant mountains, with a soft, colorful sky enhancing the tranquil atmosphere.

Name/Title

Yoshiwara (Print #15 in the Fifty-Five Views of the Tokaido Road series)

Entry/Object ID

2014.12.4.15

Description

A road lined with trees running through ricefields, along which a man leads a horse carrying three women; Fuji in the distance. This section of highway was lined with pine trees for the comfort of travellers. Through the trees, Mount Fuji was seen on the left-hand side of the highway and was popularly called "left Fuji".

Type of Print

Woodcut

Category

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

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

8-5/8 in

Width

13-7/8 in