Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 25

25 Kanaya - Beyond the wide sandy flats of the river, across which a daimyo's cortege is being carried, rises a jumble of foot hills, in a crevice of which nestles a village. In the background a high range of curiously hump-shaped mountains, printed in graded black from colour-blocks only golden sky at the top. A panoramic view of the landscape accentuates the expansive flat plain of the dry river bed. A variety of travellers attempt to wade across the river with the help of porters. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4)

Ando Crevice Fifty Flats Hiroshige Hoeido Hoyeido Humped Kanaya Magohachi Nestles Takenouchi Tokaido Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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