#11 Hakone Kosui no zu (View of Lake at Hakone)

Utagawa Hiroshige, artist

1797–1858

#11 Hakone Kosui no zu (View of Lake at Hakone), 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): 229 x 354 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 x 13 15/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 244 x 366 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 5/8 x 14 7/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial

Accession number: 1928.7338

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Archive Label 2003:
Hiroshige rose to fame with the first publication of The 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō, produced by the then little known publisher Hōeidō. In his many Tōkaidō series, Hiroshige created an evocative image of the Japanese landscape while depicting the individual characteristics of each locale. Hakone was the eleventh station on the Tōkaidō and was a major security checkpoint for the control of goods and people on their way to or from Edo (Tokyo). Hiroshige frequently included human elements in his landscape depictions. A daimyō (feudal lord) procession winds its way through the mountains on the right and buildings nestle into the hills on the distant shore. The snow-clad Mt. Fuji can be seen in the distance above Lake Hakone, on the left.