Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 72150

Shiojiri Pass, View of Lake Suwa, from the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido

Print by Keisai Eisen, 渓斉英泉 (Keisai EISEN) (1837)

Artist / 作者
Keisai Eisen渓斎英泉
Date / 年代
1837
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / kruml
Digital record / 画像記録
2088 × 1398 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Prints London
Published by / 公開者
水野ナギ
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Prints London

Catalog note / 解説

Shiojiri Pass, View of Lake Suwa, from the Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido. The set was started by Eisen and published by Hoeido in 1835, but in 1837 Hiroshige took over and completed the series with the publisher Iseiri ( Kinjudo ). A view from the pass over the frozen lake towards Takashima Castle, with Mount Fuji in the distance. A short cut over the ice was available in the winter mornings after the ice had frozen during the night. This is the earliest state. Extremely rare. Very fine early impression. The first state of a number of variants with Take [ nouchi Magohachi ] on the girth of the horse; signature and seals, and gradation on the banks on the right of the print. Combined…

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