Catalog record · 目録番号 22491
Miyanokoshi
Catalog note / 解説
This print is from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaidô Highway. Hiroshige collaborated on this series with the artist Keisai Eisen. In this print, Hiroshige captures figures in the mist at Miyanokoshi, the thirty-sixth station on the Kisokaidô Highway. Centuries of peace during the Edo period, and the development of a sophisticated highway network, fostered a culture of mass travel in Japan. The Kisokaidô Highway ran east to west over the inland mountains and images of scenic spots along its route served as cheap and easy souvenirs. The lack of outline and soft colours give the landscape in the middle and far distance of this print an other-worldly glow. In the foreground, a…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · Originally in 1834-42, this re-carved edition was published in early 20th Century. · vam
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