Utagawa Hiroshige (1794-1858)
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Utagawa Hiroshige (1794-1858)

NO. 47, OI

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GBP 5,250

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1794-1858)
No. 47, Oi
Woodblock print, from the series The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi)
Signed Hiroshige ga, published by Iseya Rihei (Kinjudo), circa 1835-38
Horizontal oban (23.6 x 37.3cm.)

專家說明

This set was started by Eisen and published by Hoeido in 1835, however in 1837 Hiroshige took over the project, working with the publisher Iseiri (Kinjudo).

This design clearly shows the uncomfortable conditions that travellers could encounter on these long journeys. Here, four travellers are shown trudging through snow on the road on the road between the stations of Oi and Okute, their heads bowed as they brace themselves against the cold.

For another impression in the Tokyo National Museum, go to https://webarchives.tnm.jp/imgsearch/show/C0047147 and for another in the British Museum, museum number 1906,1220,0.949, go to www.britishmuseum.org/research