Kakegawa: View of Akiba Mountain (Kakegawa Akiba-san enbō 掛川 秋葉山遠望), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Kakegawa: View of Akiba Mountain (Kakegawa Akiba-san enbō 掛川 秋葉山遠望), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)

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Kakegawa: View of Akiba Mountain (Kakegawa Akiba-san enbō 掛川 秋葉山遠望), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内),

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重, 1797–1858; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
x1959-71

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Title
Kakegawa: View of Akiba Mountain (Kakegawa Akiba-san enbō 掛川 秋葉山遠望), from the series “Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō” (Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi 東海道五十三次之内)
Dates

ca. 1833–34 [Tenpō 4–5]

Maker
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban yoko-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block: 22.5 x 35.3 cm sheet: 25 x 36.5 cm. (9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in.) mat: 36.2 x 49 cm. (14 1/4 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gilbert S. McClintock, Class of 1908
Object Number
x1959-71
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
views, farmers, agricultural land, men, figures (representations), bridges (built works), balloons

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