Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 29433

Distant View of Miho at Ejiri (Station #19)

Artist / 作者
Utagawa Hiroshige歌川広重
Date / 年代
1830-1837
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
481 × 323 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
星野アカリ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

A large port city, the nineteenth station from Edo on the Tökaidö of Ejiri was located in what is currently Shizuoka Prefecture. The design of this landscape print is based on a picture of the Miho promontory as seen from Mount Kuno, recorded in Hara Arimasa’s late 18th century travel guide, Illustrated Book of Famous Places on the Tökaidö Road. Several designs in Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tökaidö series are derived from earlier publications, calling into question the theory that the series is based on observations and sketches the artist made during a trip along the Tökaidö accompanying an official procession in 1832. ("The Tôkaidô Road: Connecting Japan" exhibition Nov/26/20…

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