Catalog record · 目録番号 22711
A Hot Spring Inn at Yumoto
Catalog note / 解説
This 'uchiwa-e' (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige shows a scene in a hot- spring inn. A woman is dancing to the accompaniment of a 'shamisen', the three-stringed musical instrument played by the woman on the right. The room is on the upper floor of an inn at Yumoto, which is one of the seven hot springs of Hakone. Hakone is situated in the south-western corner of Kanagawa Prefecture about 40 kilometres from Mount Fuji. It was the 10th post-station along the Tokaido Highway. City dwellers wanting to escape the noise and bustle of Edo (modern Tokyo) could reach it quite easily. Hakone is still one of the most frequently visited resorts in Japan. The design is interesting. Hiroshige has ta…
Image record / 画像情報
VAM · 1851 · vam
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