#50 Tsuchiyama suzuka no fumato: suzukagawa (Suzuka River at Foot of Mt. Suzuka near Tsuchiyama), Utagawa Hiroshige

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Utagawa Hiroshige, #50 Tsuchiyama suzuka no fumato: suzukagawa (Suzuka River at Foot of Mt. Suzuka near Tsuchiyama)
Utagawa Hiroshige, #50 Tsuchiyama suzuka no fumato: suzukagawa (Suzuka River at Foot of Mt. Suzuka near Tsuchiyama)
Utagawa Hiroshige
#50 Tsuchiyama suzuka no fumato: suzukagawa (Suzuka River at Foot of Mt. Suzuka near Tsuchiyama)
1855–1857, Edo period (1600–1868)
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797–1858
#50 Tsuchiyama suzuka no fumato: suzukagawa (Suzuka River at Foot of Mt. Suzuka near Tsuchiyama), 1855–1857, Edo period (1600–1868)
Portfolio/Series title: Gojūsan tsugi meisho zukai (Collected Pictures of the Famous 53 Stations), popularly known as Tate-e Tōkaidō (Vertical Tokaido)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 343 x 225 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 1/2 x 8 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 370 x 248 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7250
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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 large retinues of feudal lords whom the shogun required to journey periodically from their home provinces to the capital. Woodblock prints showing scenes of th 53 stations along the Tōkaidō became popular in the nineteenth century, and Hiroshige became the most celebrated artist of this subject.
In this print, a group passes beside a winding stream near the mountain pass at Tsuchiyama. The men in the group carry banners and may be members of a feudal lord's procession. The women appear to be pilgrims, possibly about to visit the small Shinto shrine nestled in the dense pine grove across the river.