#2 Shinagawa hinode (Sunrise at Shinagawa)

Utagawa Hiroshige, artist

1797–1858

#2 Shinagawa hinode (Sunrise at Shinagawa), 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): 230 x 349 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 1/16 x 13 3/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 242 x 349 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 1928.7334

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Archive Label 2003:
As travelers enter Shinagawa at dawn, small teashops along the road are already open and waiting for them. Boats carrying merchandise from other parts of Japan put in at ports along the Tokaido and the goods were taken on by land from there.

Both of these prints were made from worn blocks. Their colors have faded and the paper is soiled. The poor condition of the prints in the Spencer Museum’s collection of Hiroshige’s Hoeido series attests to their popularity. The blocks were used until they were almost worn out, colors faded from exposure to light, and the hands of generations of intrigued collectors soiled the paper.

Exhibition Label:
"Toyko: The Imperial Capital," Feb-5-2005 through Mar-20-2005, Hillary Pedersen

Shinagawa was the first stop just outside Edo along the Tōkaidō, the fifty-three station road between Edo and Kyoto. The main travel route in Japan at the time, the Tōkaidō was used not only by common people, but also by regional lords on their requisite bi-annual visit to the shogun in Edo. As the regional lord procession in this print enters Shinagawa at dawn, small teashops along the road are already open, inviting the travellers inside. Boats carrying merchandise to and from other parts of Japan departed from Shinagawa, making it a prominant port area as well.