Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 53182

Hiratsuka (Station 7, Print 8)

Artist / 作者
Katsushika Hokusai葛飾北斎
Date / 年代
1804
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録
1042 × 1500 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

Hiratsuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido" by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) This woman and her male traveling companion stop to look at a water bird flying up from the marshes along the road. While there are human figures in Hokusai's most famous landscape prints, such as the "Great Wave" print or the "Red Mt. Fuji", they play almost no role in the scene presented. Here, in a relatively early print by Hokusai, we can see that the central role is taken by human figures and their surrounding environment.

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