Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 121367

Hodogaya

Artist / 作者
Fujikawa Tamenobu藤川為信
Date / 年代
1890
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Taisho / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
1424 × 1000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

Wednesday, 26 January 2005 Shanks' Mare Tokaido Series: #5 Hodogaya Artist: Tamenobu Fujikawa Format: Oban yoko-e: 9.5" x 14" approx Subject: The two heroes of 'Shanks' Mare Tokaido' (Tokaido Hizakurige) by Jippensha Ikku, here depicted by Tamenobu, Yajirobe and Kitahachi. The author Ikku was a popular comic writer of the Tokugawa period (19th century) and this was the first 'translation' of the two scoundrels' adventures on the Tokaido highway into Ukiyo-e. Most of the landscape designs bear more than a passing acknowledgment to the designs of Hiroshige for his Great Tokaido series. Here they are depicted approaching Katabira Bridge. Yaji started to cry when he caught sight of a porter on…

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