Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 22771

Shono - Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi no Uchi (Hoeido)

庄野

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1833
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Heisei / ohmi
Digital record / 画像記録
2000 × 1508 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Ohmi Gallery
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Ohmi Gallery

Catalog note / 解説

"Shono" from the series "53 Stations of the Tokaido". A sudden shower catches travellers on the road. Carriers hurry for shelter. Shono was station # 46 of the Tokaido, an ancient highway system of 496 kilometers connecting Edo with Kyoto, an important commercial center and residence of the Japanese empire. The stations were some kind of rest areas with guesthouses for the night and simple restaurants. The series "53 Stations of the Tokaido" made Hiroshige famous. Many follow-up series should follow, but none surpassed the original one. This image is considered one of the masterworks by Ando Hiroshige.

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