#38 Fujikawa, Utagawa Hiroshige; Utagawa Kunisada

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Utagawa Hiroshige; Utagawa Kunisada, #38 Fujikawa
Utagawa Hiroshige; Utagawa Kunisada, #38 Fujikawa
Utagawa Hiroshige , Utagawa Kunisada
#38 Fujikawa
1854–1855, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige, artist
1797–1858
Utagawa Kunisada, artist
1786–1864
#38 Fujikawa, 1854–1855, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 360 x 244 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 360 x 244 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Rose K. Auerbach
Accession number: 1967.0024
Not on display
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Archive Label date unknown: The Tōkaidō (Eastern Sea Route) was the main road connecting the capital of Edo (present day Tokyo) with Kyoto. The route was heavily traveled by messengers, pilgrims, and merchants as well as by long retinues of feudal lords. Woodblock prints showing scenes of the road's 53 stations became popular in the nineteenth century, the most celebrated series of which was designed by Hiroshige in 1834. The enormous popularity of Hiroshige's series spawned many variations of the theme. In 1854, Hiroshige collaborated with Kunisada, an artist known for his figure prints, to produce a series of Tōkaidō prints. Hiroshige designed the landscapes and Kunisada designed the figures. In one of the prints from the series (left), a woman dressed in traveling robes and a sedge hat pauses at the Fujikawa station while her servant adjusts her sandal. In the right print, Hiroshige's landscape depicts Mount Fuji behind Kunisada's portrait of the monk Saigyō (1118-1190), the poet-wanderer who is contemplating the grandeur of the famous mountain.

Citations

The University of Kansas Museum of Art. The Register of the Museum of Art: Glimpses of Fugitive Pleasures -- Japanese prints in the museum collection. Introduction and catalogue by Carla M. Zainie 5, no. 2, Spring (1975):