Accession Number
2011/2.195

Title
The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (Gyosho Edition): #11 Hakone

Artist(s)
Utagawa Hiroshige

Artist Nationality
Japanese (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
circa 1841-1842

Medium & Support
woodblock print on paper

Dimensions
8 1/4 in x 12 1/2 in (20.96 cm x 31.75 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Sharlynn and Andrew Circo, in memory of Sotokichi Katsuizumi

Subject matter
Men traveling on mountain passes.

Physical Description
A woodblock print of men traveling on a brown-grey path through blue-green mountains. In the center, traveling to the viewer's left, two men carry a covered chair that contains another man in a blue robe, followed by a man wearing a blue robe and white oval hat who carries a pack balanced on a stick on his sholder. Two other men approach on the path from the distance (viewer's left).

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
rock (inorganic material)
travelers (people by activity)