#47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama, Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, #47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama
Utagawa Hiroshige, #47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama
Utagawa Hiroshige
#47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama
1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
#47 Clear weather after snow at Kameyama, 1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi no uchi (The 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road), popularly known as Hōeidō Tōkaidō (Great Tokaido)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 220 x 345 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 11/16 x 13 9/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 248 x 361 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 3/4 x 14 3/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 2001.0045
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Archive Label 1989-90: 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, merchants, and feudal lords. Woodblock prints showing scenes of the 53 stations along the Tōkaidō in the nineteenth century. Hiroshige was the most celebrated artist of this subject. The scenery along the Tōkaidō changed with the seasons. These prints celebrate the beauty of winter. In the view of Kameyama on the left, Hiroshige has depicted tiny travelers slowly climbing up a steep mountain slope. The snow-covered forms are softly illuminated by the evening sunset. In the print of Fujikawa on the right, travelers are calmly strolling down a slope under a starlit sky. The juxtaposition of the snowy mountains against the black sky and vivid blue lake heightens the chlly atmosphere.