#28 Fukuroi

Utagawa Hiroshige

1797–1858

#28 Fukuroi, 1832–1833, 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): 226 x 353 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 244 x 368 mm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Source unknown

Accession number: 0000.2891

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Exhibition Label:
"Images of the Journey," Jun-2005, Hillary Pedersen
This scene depicts the Fukuroi station of the To-kaido-. Reading the print from right to left, the viewer travels from the cluster of peaked roofs in the distance, past the barren winter fields, onto the open road, and is brought to this reststop, where a woman stokes the fire with chopsticks to heat tea for weary travelers. The palanquin bearer on the right puts his pipe directly into the fire to light his tobacco.