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Yui (Primary Title)
Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Series Title)
東海道五十三次 由井 薩埵嶺 (Primary Title)

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重, Japanese, 1797 - 1858 (Artist)

1833–1834
Japanese
Prints
Works On Paper
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
East Asian Art
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 14 15/16 in. (24.61 × 37.94 cm)
Image: 9 × 14 in. (22.86 × 35.56 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
52.14.17
Not on view
At nearly 12,400 feet, Mount Fuji is perhaps the most iconic subject in Japanese landscapes. Here, shown from across Suruga Bay atop Satta Pass, travelers at the upper left gaze at Fuji’s beauty while boats sail in the waters below. This print demonstrates an innovative and personal point of view, showing Fuji partially obscured by pine trees and gnarled clifftops in the foreground.
Edo period (1615-1868)
廣重画 Hiroshige ga
Publisher's seal: 保永堂 Hoeido
東海道五十三次 由井
General Endowment Fund
House of Heydenryk, 27 August 1954- 1971
Strange, Edward Fairbrother. "The Colour-prints of Hiroshige". Vol. 1. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1925.
Hiroshige, Ando. "The Fifty-Three Stages of the Tokaido". Edited by Ichitaro Kondo. Translated by Charles S. Terry. Vol. 1. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1960. Plate 17.
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